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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flan•nel /ˈflænəl/USA pronunciation n. - Textiles[uncountable] a warm, soft, napped fabric of wool or cotton.
- Clothing flannels, [plural]
- a garment, esp. trousers, made of flannel.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flan•nel (flan′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -neled, -nel•ing or (esp. Brit.), -nelled, -nel•ling. n. - Textilesa soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
- Textilesa soft, warm, light fabric of cotton or cotton and another fiber, thickly napped on one side and used for sleepwear, undergarments, sheets, etc.
- Clothing flannels:
- an outer garment, esp. trousers, made of flannel.
- woolen undergarments.
- British Terms
- a washcloth.
- Informal Termsnonsense;
humbug;
empty talk. - [Informal.]flattery;
insincere or overdone praise.
v.t. - Clothingto cover or clothe with flannel.
- to rub with flannel.
- Welsh; compare Welsh gwlanen woolen article, equivalent. to gwlân wool (akin to Latin lāna) + -en suffix denoting a single item (as a piece of a mass noun or singular of a collective plural)
- Middle English flaunneol, perh. dissimilated variant of flanyn sackcloth 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flannel /ˈflænəl/ n - a soft light woollen fabric with a slight nap, used for clothing
- Brit a small piece of cloth used to wash the face and hands; face cloth
US and Canadian equivalent: washcloth - Brit informal indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery
vb ( -nels, -nelling, -nelled) ( US -nels, -neling, -neled)(transitive)- to cover or wrap with flannel
- to rub, clean, or polish with flannel
- Brit informal to talk evasively to; flatter in order to mislead
Etymology: 14th Century: probably variant of flanen sackcloth, from Welsh gwlanen woollen fabric, from gwlân woolˈflannelly adj |