Definitions for cloths

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cloths cloth

Spelling: [klawth, kloth]

IPA: /klɔθ, klɒθ/

Cloths is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in cloths (chlost).

Definitions for cloths

noun

1. a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
2. a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose:
3. the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy. Compare man of the cloth.
4. the cloth, the clergy:
5. Nautical. one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin. any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail. a number of sails taken as a whole.
6. Obsolete. a garment; clothing.

adjective

1. of or made of cloth:
2. clothbound.

Origin of cloths

before 900; Middle English cloth, clath cloth, garment, Old English clāth; cognate with Dutch kleed, German Kleid

Examples for cloths

This should be done gradually and the cloths should be wet in warmer and warmer water.

We set to our task with a deliberate gentleness, dabbing with cloths, cotton, swabs.

The women had on long dresses made of orange, black, and green African Kente cloths with matching headdresses.

As the cloths were laid aside, there was a disheartening silence.

She was always occupied with silks, satins, velvets, or cloths of gold or silver.

cloths thus saturated with hartshorn powder, are also the best things for cleaning brass locks, and the finger plates of doors.

There should always be a set of cloths kept for the purpose.

Bulgarian cloths were then held in esteem, and there was a demand for them in Greece and in Asia Minor.

How could the sacristans manage to distribute the holy vestments and the cloths?

Put the dumplings into cloths, and let them boil about half an hour.