Satin

Adjective

 * 1) Smooth and shiny, glossy. Particularly describing a type of paint.

Noun

 * 1) A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

Adjectives for Satin
lustrous; glossy;   shimmering;  creamy; gleaming; sheeny; wrinkled; warm.

Thesaurus
alabaster, attenuate, attenuated, billiard table, blubber, bowling alley, bowling green, breeze, butter, clay, cushion, daintiness, dainty, delicacy, delicate, dough, down, downiness, downy, eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, filminess, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-grainedness, fineness, finespun, flat, fleece, floss, flue, fluff, fluffiness, fluffy, foam, fuzz, fuzziness, fuzzy, gauzy, glass, gossamer, gossameriness, gossamery, ice, ivory, kapok, level, mahogany, marble, peach fuzz, pillow, plane, plush, pubescence, pubescent, pudding, puff, putty, refined, refinement, rubber, satininess, satiny, silk, silkiness, silky, slide, smooth, smoothness, softness, swansdown, tennis court, thin-spun, thistledown, velutinous, velvet, velvetiness, velvety, wax, wiredrawn, wool, zephyr

Pronunciation




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Anagrams

 * antis
 * saint, Saint
 * stain
 * tians
 * tisan

Noun

 * 1) satin

Synonyms

 * raso

Derived terms

 * satinato

Anagrams

 * santi, stani

Adverb
satin'


 * 1) introducing questions
 * Satin ' hoc plane?
 * Isn't this plain enough?
 * Satin ' omnia ex sententia?
 * Is every thing to your mind?
 * Satin ' salva sunt omnia?
 * Isn't everything well?

Etymology
A contraction of satisne.