Cloth

Quick meaning: Cloth is a noun meaning Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
2. (figurative) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
3. (figurative) Appearance; seeming.
4. A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
5. (idiomatic, with definite article) The priesthood.
6. (countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes, woven fabric specifically.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: (not always differentiated) fabric, material (fabric sense), textile; see also Thesaurus:fabric

Wipe the surface with a cloth dampened with mineral spirits in order to remove the sanding dust, then brush on a full coat of varnish.

One day he came, as I thought accidentally, to dinner. My huſband was very much engaged in buſineſs, and quitted the room ſoon after the cloth was removed.

There were other types of looms for producing various specialised types of cloth, for example fustians and velvets, but there is not space here to discuss these.

Word Forms

• cloths
• clothes
• cloath

Synonyms for cloth

Depending on context, synonyms include material, stuff, fabric, textile.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include textile, fabric, material, toile, linen, woven.

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