Definitions for muslin

muslin mus·lin

Spelling: [muhz-lin]
IPA: /ˈmʌz lɪn/

Muslin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in muslin (ilmnsu).

Definitions for muslin

noun

  1. a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.

Origin of muslin

1600-10; French mousseline Italian mussolina, equivalent to Mussol(o) Mosul, Iraq (where first made) + -ina -ine1

Examples for muslin

Lyall provided the supporting structure, employing quarter-inch nylon boning sheathed in muslin to facilitate sewing.

She had made this room of hers quite bright by hanging it with muslin curtains.

From the muslin Disease to chopines and fashion braces, a look at the deadliest fashion trends throughout history.

Perhaps you would like to hear about it, while you mend that tear in your muslin.

Miss Ingleside had a half-inch strip of muslin over her shoulder.

Tie it loosely in muslin, and simmer in the milk for three-quarters of an hour; then strain.

Take as much vinegar as will cover them, boil it with a little salt, and a pennyworth of saffron tied in a piece of muslin.

One of them was covered with a damp cloth, the other with a muslin veil.

As he sat there he was approached by a young lady, radiant in muslin and ribbons.

A quarter of an hour before it is cooked, put in the brains tied in muslin.

Word Value for muslin
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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