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tessuto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cloth noun Woven, knitted, or felted material used for clothing, furnishing, or cleaning.
  • drab adj Dull and lacking in colour or interest.
  • fabric noun Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibres together.
  • gauze verb To cover or dress a wound with gauze, or to make something look thin and hazy like gauze fabric.
  • stuff noun Miscellaneous items, belongings, or unspecified material.
  • tissue noun A soft, absorbent piece of paper used for blowing your nose or wiping up small messes.
  • weave verb To make fabric or a similar structure by crossing threads or strands over and under each other.
  • woven adj Made by interlacing threads or strips of material.

Senses

tessuto is used for these senses in English:

  • drab A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
  • fabric (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
  • fabric A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
  • gauze A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
  • stuff The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
  • weave A type or way of weaving.
  • woven Fabricated by weaving.

cloth — full definition

  1. noun Woven, knitted, or felted material used for clothing, furnishing, or cleaning.
  2. noun A tablecloth, especially one laid out for a meal.
  3. noun The clergy or priesthood, referred to by their traditional dress.

drab — full definition

  1. adj Dull and lacking in colour or interest.
  2. noun A dull brownish-yellow or grey colour, or cloth of that colour.

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