Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - linen
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Linen
linen
(linens) 1. Linen is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for making clothes and things such as tablecloths and sheets. ...a white linen suit. ...cottons, woolens, silks and linens. N-MASS 2. Linen is tablecloths, sheets, pillowcases, and similar things made of cloth that are used in the home. ...embroidered bed linen... N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl 3. to wash your dirty linen in public: see dirty
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English linen, from lin flax, from Latin linum flax; akin to Greek linon flax, thread Date: before 12th century 1. made of flax 2. made of or resembling ~ II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. cloth made of flax and noted for its strength, coolness, and luster b. thread or yarn spun from flax 2. clothing or household articles made of ~ cloth or similar fabric 3. paper made from ~ fibers or with a ~ finish ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a cloth woven from flax. b a particular kind of this. 2 (collect.) articles made or orig. made of linen, calico, etc., as sheets, cloths, shirts, undergarments, etc. --adj. made of linen or flax (linen cloth). Phrases and idioms linen basket a basket for soiled clothes. wash one's dirty linen in public be indiscreet about one's domestic quarrels etc. Etymology: OE linen f. WG, rel. to obs. line flax ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (льняное) полотно; холст 2. собир. (льняное) белье, особ. постельное и столовое Id: to wash one's dirty linen at home —- не выносить сора из избы Id: to wash one's dirty linen in public —- стирать грязное белье на людях; выносить сор из избы 3. льняной linen yarn —- льняная пряжа linen paper —- бумага из льняного тряпья 4. полотняный linen shirts —- полотняные сорочки 5. бельевой linen closet, linen press —- ам. бельевой шкаф linen basket —- корзина для (грязного) белья ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 sheets, tablecloths etc (bed linen | table linen) 2 cloth made from the flax plant, used to make high quality clothes, home decorations etc (a linen jacket) 3 old use underwear ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. linin (adj.) "made of flax," from lin "flax, linen thread, cloth," from W.Gmc. *linam. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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