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textile industry(medicine)
geo-textile fabric(medicine)

textile (iou)



textile noun & adjective. E17.
[Latin textilis, from text-: see TEXT, -ILE.]
A. noun.
A woven fabric. Also, any kind of cloth; any of various materials, as a bonded fabric, which do not require weaving. E17.
Smithsonian Textiles..unlikely to appear on a real personmetallic-looking weaves in pink and silver.
Natural or synthetic fibres, filaments, or yarns, suitable for being spun and woven or manufactured into cloth etc. M17.
Among naturists: a person who is not a naturist, spec. a person who wears a swimming costume on the beach. slang. L20.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Woven; made of or resembling a textile; suitable for weaving or for manufacturing as a textile. M17.
textile cone a venomous Indo-Pacific cone-shell, Conus textile, which has a mottled pattern on the shell.
Wall Street Journal DuPont Co. announced it will close its textile rayon operation.
Of or pertaining to weaving or textiles. M19.
S. Eldred-Grigg Work..on an assembly line in a textile mill.
Among naturists: not naturist, spec. (of a place etc.) prohibited to nudists. slang. L20.