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cloth

noun

Simple meaning

A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

Pronunciation

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klawth
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈklɔθ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. countableuncountable

    A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

  2. Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.

  3. A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.

  4. figurative

    Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.

  5. idiomaticwith definite article

    The priesthood.

  6. figurative

    Appearance; seeming.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

Used this way, cloth is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Fabric / artifact

cotton clothlinen cloth

Other combinations

green clothwhite clothblack clothcloth extrared clothblue cloth

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • clothedadjectiveInflected form

    Wearing or provided with clothing.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • cloth coveringnounCompound term

    A covering made of cloth.

  • cloth capnounCompound term

    A flat woolen cap with a stiff peak.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • clothesnounRelated term

    Clothing in general.

  • clotheverbRelated term

    Provide with clothes or put clothes on.

  • clothes driernounRelated term

    A dryer that dries clothes wet from washing.

  • clothes dryernounRelated term

    A dryer that dries clothes wet from washing.

  • clothes hampernounRelated term

    A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried.

  • clothes pegnounRelated term

    Wood or plastic fastener.

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