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Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tissue

 

Tissue

tissue
n. 1 any of the coherent collections of specialized cells of which animals or plants are made (muscular tissue; nervous tissue). 2 = tissue-paper. 3 a disposable piece of thin soft absorbent paper for wiping, drying, etc. 4 fine woven esp. gauzy fabric. 5 (foll. by of) a connected series (a tissue of lies). Phrases and idioms tissue-paper thin soft unsized paper for wrapping or protecting fragile or delicate articles. Etymology: ME f. OF tissu rich material, past part. of tistre f. L texere weave
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  noun see: technical Date: 1563 1. a fine lightweight often sheer fabric, mesh, network, web , a piece of soft absorbent ~ paper used especially as a handkerchief or for removing cosmetics, an aggregate of cells usually of a particular kind together with their intercellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal, ~y adjective ...
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