Meaning

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
2. (countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
3. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
4. Made from linen cloth or thread.
5. Having the colour linen, light beige.

Example Sentences

Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].

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• linens

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Use linen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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