Definitions for Jute

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Jute jute

Spelling: [joot]

IPA: /dʒut/

Jute is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in Jute (ejtu).

Definitions for Jute

noun

1. a strong, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc., obtained from two East Indian plants, Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, of the linden family.
2. either of these plants.
3. any plant of the same genus.
4. a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.

Origin of Jute

First recorded in 1740-50, jute is from the Bengali word jhuṭo

Examples for Jute

Muslim India was rich in farming, silk, and jute and from textile industry to ship building.

jute is purchased from India and manufactured into burlap and rugs.

Select a piece of jute, or stout cord the length of the desired rope.

The place of jute was taken by paper, and from paper under-garments were made.

The bodies had been placed in jute sacks and covered with lime.

I figure if he just says jute enough times, it will all pass and we'll get back to the scene.

In the winter these animals are taken for a daily walk wearing their winter coats of jute!

Would he have been careful enough to destroy the odd pieces of jute you've left so messily about?

It was in the dock in Dundee, where we had brought a full cargo of jute from Calcutta.

The remark “is totally going to lose him the Norman, Druid, jute and Saracen vote,” one wit commented.