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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lin•en /ˈlɪnən/USA pronunciation n. - Textiles[uncountable] fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Often, linens. bedding, tablecloths, shirts, etc., made of linen cloth or a similar fabric, as cotton: [plural]a sale on linens.[uncountable]a sale on bed linen.
adj. - Textilesmade of linen:a linen jacket.
Idioms- Idioms wash or air one's dirty linen in public, to reveal one's embarrassing secrets to outsiders.
See -lin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lin•en (lin′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesfabric woven from flax yarns.
- Often, linens. bedding, tablecloths, shirts, etc., made of linen cloth or a more common substitute, as cotton.
- Textilesyarn made of flax fiber.
- Textilesthread made of flax yarns.
- Idioms wash one's dirty linen in public, to discuss in public one's private scandals, disagreements, or difficulties.
adj. - Textilesmade of linen:a linen jacket.
- Latin līnum; see line2) + -en -en2
- Middle English lin(n)en (noun, nominal, adjective, adjectival), Old English linnen, līnen (adjective, adjectival) made of flax, equivalent. to līn flax (bef. 900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: linen /ˈlɪnɪn/ n - a hard-wearing fabric woven from the spun fibres of flax
- (as modifier): a linen tablecloth
- yarn or thread spun from flax fibre
- clothes, sheets, tablecloths, etc, made from linen cloth or from a substitute such as cotton
Etymology: Old English linnen, ultimately from Latin līnum flax, line² |