Diaper

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A folded piece of absorbent material, such as paper or cloth, that is placed between a baby's legs and fastened at the waist to contain excretions.
  • noun. A similar piece of material, worn by incontinent adults.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A pattern composed of small, regularly repeated geometric motifs, usually diamonds or lozenges, used to decorate a surface.
  • noun. A white cotton or linen fabric having such a pattern.
  • noun. A piece of such fabric.
  • transitive verb. To put a diaper on.
  • transitive verb. To weave or decorate in a diaper pattern.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To variegate or diversify, as cloth, with figures; flower: as, diapered silk.
  • To draw or work in diaper, or as part of a diaper; introduce in a diapered pattern or fabric.
  • To draw a series or succession of flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
  • noun. Originally, a silken fabric of one color having a pattern of the same color woven in it; now, a textile fabric having a pattern not strongly defined, and repeated at short intervals; especially, such a fabric of linen, where the pattern is indicated only by the direction of the thread, the whole being white or in the unbleached natural color. Compare damask
  • noun. A pattern for decoration of any kind consisting of a simple figure often repeated, as in the woven fabric.
  • noun. Any pattern constantly repeated over a relatively large surface, whether consisting of figures separated by the background only, or of compartments constantly succeeding one another, and filled with a design, especially a geometric design, or one based on a flower-form.
  • noun. In heraldry, same as diapering.
  • noun. A towel or napkin.
  • noun. A square piece of cloth for swaddling the nates and adjacent parts of au infant; a clout.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
  • transitive verb. To put a diaper on (a child).
  • intransitive verb. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
  • noun. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
  • noun. Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
  • noun. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
  • noun. An infant's breechcloth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern formed by alternating directions of thread.
  • noun. A towel or napkin made from such fabric.
  • noun. An absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent.
  • noun. The diamond pattern associated with diaper textiles.
  • verb. To put diapers on someone.
  • verb. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
  • noun. garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
  • Word Usage
    "The problem with wearing a diaper to court is wearing a *diaper* to court."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloth  fabric  garment  material  textile  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Piper  hyper  piper  sniper  striper  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bandage  bib  detergent  flannel  laundry  
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    napkin  
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