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Definitions for Cloth

[1] a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
[2] a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose: an altar cloth.
[3] the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy. Compare man of the cloth.
[4] the cloth, the clergy: men of the cloth.
[5] Nautical . one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin. any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail. a number of sails taken as a whole.
[6] Obsolete . a garment; clothing.
[7] of or made of cloth: She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.
[8] clothbound.
[9] a fabric formed by weaving, felting or knitting wool, cotton, etc (as modifier ) a cloth bag
[10] a piece of such fabric used for a particular purpose, as for a dishcloth
[11] the cloth the clothes worn by a clergyman the clergy
[12] obsolete clothing
[13] nautical any of the panels of a sail
[14] mainly British a piece of coloured fabric, used on the stage as scenery
[15] Western African a garment in a traditional non-European style

Words related to Cloth

material, goods, cotton, stuff, bolt, weave, tissue, twill, calico, textiles

Words nearby Cloth

clostridium perfringens, clostridium tetani, closure, closure principle, clot, cloth, cloth cap, cloth of gold, cloth roll, cloth yard, cloth-cap

Origin of Cloth

before 900; Middle English cloth, clath cloth, garment, Old English clāth; cognate with Dutch kleed, German Kleid

Words that may be confused with Cloth

cloth, clothe, clothes

Other words from Cloth

cloth·like , adjective
un·der·cloth , noun

Word origin for Cloth

Old English clāth; related to Old Frisian klēth, Middle High German kleit cloth, clothing

Synonyms for Cloth

cotton, goods, material, stuff, bolt, calico, synthetics, textiles, tissue, twill, weave, dry goods, yard goods