textile

Meaning

Noun

1. Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
2. A non-nudist.

Adj

Clothing compulsive.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛks.taɪl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

Sentences

For many years , the town's economy was centered on textile manufacturing .