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/ˈbɝlæp/ · noun
(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc..
“A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.
Use burlap when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Burlap means (US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc..
Common synonyms include hessian, crocus, gunny.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.
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