chino
Plural: chinos
Noun
- A durable twilled cotton fabric, often used for trousers.
- trousers made with chino cloth
- a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms
- A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
Examples
- Playing CHINO in Words With Friends was a solid, if not spectacular, play.
Origin / Etymology
A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China.
The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted", in reference to its usual color. But this is not a usual meaning of the Spanish word.
Scrabble Score: 10
chino: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordchino: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chino: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
chino: valid Words With Friends Word