textile

Speech parts

1. textile - Noun

2. textile - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.

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Examples

I fear that CAFTA will accelerate the demise of these domestic textile jobs. Howard Coble

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks. Virginia Foxx

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven. Walter Benjamin

I realized early on, maybe better than some of my competitors did, that a textile business can run only if you have scale. I decided to horizontally and vertically integrate, adding everything from spinning, dyeing, weaving, and stitching to processing and packing. Mian Muhammad Mansha

Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven. Walter Benjamin

From the development of the textile loom two centuries ago to today's Internet, output per hour has increased fifty fold. Alan Greenspan

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