Definitions for oilcloth

oilcloth oil·cloth

Spelling: [oil-klawth, -kloth]
IPA: /ˈɔɪlˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ/

Oilcloth is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in oilcloth (chilloot).

Definitions for oilcloth

noun

  1. a cotton fabric made waterproof by being treated with oil and pigment, for use as tablecloths, shelf coverings, and the like.
  2. a piece of this fabric.

Origin of oilcloth

First recorded in 1690-1700; oil + cloth

Examples for oilcloth

That done, we covered them with the oilcloth, and sat down comfortably by the fire.

He sat in the corner on a lounge, which was covered with oilcloth—and waited.

And he gazed at the oilcloth table cover as if he had been listening.

Robert took from next the skin a package wrapped in oilcloth.

So much of it has gone in that oilcloth business, and all for nothing!

Then, when the oilcloth cover had been wiped, the lesson began on a corner of the table.

Then a man ran out of the draper's with a roll of oilcloth, and off they went again.

On Tuesday, November 5, we started, each of us being clad in oilcloth.

You might as well try to dry yourself on the glossy side of a piece of oilcloth.

The floor about the bed is protected by newspapers or oilcloth.

Word Value for oilcloth
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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