Flannel

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  • noun. A soft woven cloth of wool or a blend of wool and cotton or synthetics.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Outer clothing, especially pants, made of this cloth.
  • noun. Underclothing made of this cloth.
  • noun. Flannelette.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A warm loosely woven woolen stuff used especially for undergarments, bed-covering, etc., but also to some extent for outer garments, in styles adapted for that purpose. Some flannels have both sides alike; others have a long nap on one side and none on the other.
  • noun. A warming drink; hot gin and beer seasoned with nutmeg, sugar, etc.
  • noun. A person of homely or uncouth dress, exterior, or manners.
  • Made of flannel; consisting of flannel: as, flannel clothing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.
  • noun. a cotton fabric with a thick nap on one side, resembling flannel{1}; it is used, e. g. for underwear or sheets; also called flanellette.
  • noun. garments made of flannel, especially underwear.
  • noun. a washcloth.
  • noun. humbug; nonsensical or evasive talk.
  • noun. insincere flattery or praise.
  • noun. See under Adam.
  • noun. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.
  • noun. undefined
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
  • noun. A washcloth.
  • adjective. made of flannel
  • verb. to rub with a flannel
  • verb. to flatter; suck up to
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
  • noun. a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
  • noun. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
    • Word Usage
    "If he did not already wear flannel waistcoats, let it be winter or summer, I should recommend him immediately to do so: if it be winter, I should advise him also to take to _flannel_ drawers."
    Equivalent
    cotton flannel  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bath linen  cloth  fabric  material  pant  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Channel  annal  annul  channel  dismantle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    broadcloth  brocade  calico  cashmere  corduroy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ballocks  blarney  bull  bullshit  bushwa  
    variant
    flanellette  flannelled  flannelling  
    verb-form
    flannelled  flannelling  flannels  
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