Definitions for Tweed

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Tweed tweed

Spelling: [tweed]

IPA: /twid/

Tweed is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in Tweed (deetw).

Definitions for Tweed

noun

1. a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
2. tweeds, garments made of this cloth.
3. a paper having a rough surface, used especially for certain photographic prints.
4. William Marcy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (Show IPA), ("Boss Tweed") 1823–78, U.S. politician.
5. a river flowing E from S Scotland along part of the NE boundary of England into the North Sea. 97 miles (156 km) long.
6. a male given name.

Origin of Tweed

1835-45; apparently back formation from Scots tweedling twilling (now obsolete)

Examples for Tweed

On Wednesday the tweed had been roaring red from bank to bank.

That meant liquid embroidered metallics, satin lace-up skirts – and even a tweed bikini.

I got into this, and soon I was on the platform in my tweed suit.

Or a horse and carriage, like the one driven a young man in a tweed suit and cap from yesteryear, as he gazed up at the stars.

Among his favorite garments were a raincoat, a tweed jacket, and a gray wash denim coat with studded straps.

Yon river is called the tweed; and yonder, over the brig, is Scotland.

tweed, at this time, was full of trout, but even then they were not easy to catch.

tweed is estimated to have swindled the equivalent of $3.5 billion from New York during his time as a senator.

This man was the tweed of Mexico, and one of the most venal officials ever trusted by the people.

He tried his hand at setting up a chain of movie theaters in Ireland, and worked at importing Irish tweed to Italy.