textile

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: tex=tile

CIDE DICTIONARY

textile, a. [L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F. textile. See Text.].

 Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.  [1913 Webster]

Textile cone (Zoöl.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.

textile, n. 

 That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

textile, n. & adj.
--n.
1 any woven material.
2 any cloth.
--adj.
1 of weaving or cloth (textile industry).
2 woven (textile fabrics).
3 suitable for weaving (textile materials).

Etymology

L textilis (as TEXT)

THESAURUS

textile

braided, cloth, drapery, dry goods, enlaced, entwined, etoffe, fabric, felt, fretted, goods, handwoven, interknit, interlaced, interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined, interwoven, knit, lace, laced, leather goods, leatherware, linens, loomed, material, napery, plaited, platted, pleached, raddled, rag, silk, soft goods, sporting goods, sportswear, stuff, textile fabric, textiles, texture, tissu, tissue, twined, weave, web, weft, white goods, woof, wool, woven, wreathed, yard goods

ROGET THESAURUS

textile

Crossing

N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.

Texture

N texture, structure (form), organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction, framework, carcass, architecture, stratification, cleavage, substance, stuff, compages, parenchyma, constitution, staple, organism, organography, osteology, myology, splanchnology, neurology, angiography, adeology, angiography, adenography, texture, surface texture, intertexture, contexture, tissue, grain, web, surface, warp and woof, warp and weft, tooth, nap, flatness (smoothness), fineness of grain, coarseness of grain, dry goods, silk, satin, muslin, burlap, histology, structural, organic, anatomic, anatomical, textural, textile, fine grained, coarse grained, fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny, coarse, homespun, rough, gritty, smooth, smooth as silk, smooth as satin.