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Definitions for Linen

[1] fabric woven from flax yarns.
[2] Often linens. bedding, tablecloths, shirts, etc., made of linen cloth or a more common substitute, as cotton.
[3] yarn made of flax fiber.
[4] thread made of flax yarns.
[5] made of linen: a linen jacket.
[6] wash one's dirty linen in public , to discuss in public one's private scandals, disagreements, or difficulties.
[7] a hard-wearing fabric woven from the spun fibres of flax (as modifier ) a linen tablecloth
[8] yarn or thread spun from flax fibre
[9] clothes, sheets, tablecloths, etc, made from linen cloth or from a substitute such as cotton
[10] See linen paper

Words related to Linen

cloth, bedding, lingerie, lawn, thread, paper, damask, napery, cambric, brabant, dornick, toile

Words nearby Linen

linecaster, linecasting, lineker, lineman, lineman's pliers, linen, linen closet, linen draper, linen panel, linen paper, linenfold

Origin of Linen

before 900; Middle English lin(n)en (noun, adj.), Old English linnen, līnen (adj.) made of flax, equivalent to līn flax (< Latin līnum; see line2) + -en -en2

Other words from Linen

lin·en·y , adjective
half-lin·en , adjective
un·der·lin·en , noun

Word origin for Linen

Old English linnen, ultimately from Latin līnum flax, line ²

Synonyms for Linen

bedding, cloth, lingerie, cambric, damask, garments, lawn, napery, paper, thread, brabant, dornick, toile