Definition of TEXTILE

textile

Plural: textiles

Noun

  • A woven or knitted fabric; cloth.
  • artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
  • Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
  • A non-nudist.

Adjective

  • of or relating to fabrics or fabric making
    • "textile research"

Adj

  • Clothing compulsive.

Examples

  • a textile beach
  • He carefully wove TEXTILE into his Words With Friends crossword, earning extra points.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

Synonyms

cloth, fabric, material

Antonyms

antonym(s) of, naturist

Scrabble Score: 14

textile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
textile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
textile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

textile: valid Words With Friends Word