Definitions for oilcloths

oilcloths oil·cloth

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

Oilcloths is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 295 anagrams from letters in oilcloths (chilloost).

Definitions for oilcloths

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 oilcloths

First recorded in 1690-1700; oil + cloth

Examples for oilcloths

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for oilcloths
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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