Cloth

Noun

 * 1)  A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
 * 2) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
 * 3) A form of attire that represents a particular profession.
 * 4)  Priesthood, clergy.

Adjectives for Cloth
rugged; soft; subdued; fine-textured; rich; dressy; quality; cool; smart; suave; silky; smooth-textured; wool; long-wearing; summer; unfinished; featherweight; zephyr-weight; superlative; firm; striped; two-ply; knife-edge; durable; baize; painted; elegant; hair; spotless; brocaded; coarse; fluttering; thin; cotton; vile; greasy; trailing; polishing; draped; snowy; immaculate; patented; irreproachable; beautiful; nonshrinkable; sturdy; long-fibred; handsome; silver-striped; imported;

Verbs for Cloth
weave—; wrap in—; adorn—; bias—; cast—over; darn—; emerge from—; finger—; gather—; saturate—; shroud in—; spin—; strain through—; —adorns; —hangs; —indicates.

Synonyms for Cloth

 * material, stuff

Derived terms

 * cheesecloth
 * cut from the same cloth
 * dishcloth
 * facecloth
 * horsecloth
 * loincloth


 * man of the cloth
 * sackcloth
 * tablecloth
 * take the cloth
 * washcloth
 * whole cloth, from whole cloth, out of whole cloth

Related terms

 * clothe, clothes, clothing

Thesaurus
canvas, ceremonial attire, clericals, clew, coulisse, counterweight, cringle, crowd of sail, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, decor, drapery, drop, drop curtain, earing, episcopal vestments, etoffe, fabric, felt, fire curtain, flat, flipper, foot, fore-and-aft sail, goods, hanging, head, lace, leech, liturgical garments, luff, material, muslin, napery, plain sail, pontificalia, pontificals, press of sail, rag, reduced sail, reef point, reefed sail, robes, sail, scene, scenery, screen, side scene, silk, square sail, stage screw, stuff, tab, tableau, teaser, textile, textile fabric, texture, the cloth, tissu, tissue, tormentor, transformation, transformation scene, vestments, vesture, weave, web, weft, wing, wingcut, woodcut, woof, wool

Etymology
From, from claþ:, from , from. Cognate with Dutch kleed:, German Kleid:, cliþan:.

Translations

 * Acholi: bɔŋɔ
 * Armenian: կտոր (ktor)
 * Basque: mantar
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 布
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: בד
 * Hindi: कपड़ा
 * Hungarian: ruha
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:


 * Kalenjin:
 * Kazakh: мата
 * Kikuyu:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:, ,
 * Luhya:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, stofă
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: cloot
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tela
 * Turkish: kumaş
 * Urdu: کپڑا


 * Armenian: շոր (šor)
 * Bulgarian: парцал
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Kleidungsstück
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: בד
 * Irish: ,


 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:, ,
 * Sorani: په‌ڕۆ
 * Norwegian:
 * Pashto:
 * Portuguese:
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 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: retaso


 * Arabic: قماش
 * French:
 * Hebrew: תלבושת
 * Kurdish:
 * Pashto:
 * Sorani: جل, به‌رگ


 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: damit