linen
nounEtymology
From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line + -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”) and thus also Linum. More at line.
Definitions
Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are…
Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
- She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.
A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
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Made from linen cloth or thread.
Having the colour linen, light beige.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- neighborlingerie
- neighborbedlinen
- neighbordirty linen
- neighborfair linen
- neighbortable linen
- neighborunderlinen
- neighborfustian
- neighbormuslin
- neighborflaxen
Derived
bedlinen, body linen, cottolin, Irish linen, lack-linen, linen basket, linen closet, linen cupboard, linen-draper, linen draper, linendraper, linener, linenette, linenfold, linen hall, linenless, linenlike, linen paper, linen prover, linens, linen tester, lineny, linish, linoleum, nonlinen, prelinen, Russia linen, shaving linen, table-linen, tow linen, underlinen
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA