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linen

noun as in fabric

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The launch is all linen, and includes tops and bottoms and a house dress for women as well.

He carefully began cutting through the old linen, and then stopped.

Several nearby shops and restaurants contributed to the event by delivering plates and utensils, flowers, linens, and other decorations to spruce up the space.

The combination of gray and yellow has been used in linens and fabrics for several years, albeit in softer hues, so while the stronger hues have been updated for 2021, I don’t find them fresh or exciting anymore.

At dinner, you’re sitting down at a table with linens and introducing yourself to the people next to you.

Davis jumped over a 4-foot porch wall and ran into a house, where he and others crammed themselves into a linen closet.

De la Renta did design some stuff for Kennedy too—notably, one perfect belted sheath in crisp white linen.

The edges of the elegant paper are crackled; the ink bled into the linen weave long ago and has not faded.

He moves her with no more concern for her condition than if she were a bag of dirty linen left behind by housekeeping.

“Better to wash dirty linen in public than have it grow mildew in a dark cupboard,” a party insider told The Daily Beast.

They all wore very large linen collars and black cravats, which gave them a very serious appearance.

Sergeant Burton knelt down and gingerly laid his hand upon the stained linen over the breast of Sir Lucien.

Most of the farmers wore linen dusters and broad straw hats, but their women had put on all their finery.

In one of ole Miss's bureau drawers was a large plain linen handkerchief which was never used.

A lace collar will look as badly over a chintz dress, as a linen one would with velvet, though each may be perfect of its kind.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to linen, such as: bedding, cloth, lingerie, cambric, damask, and garments.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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