cloth
A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes, woven fabric specifically.
Other meanings
Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.
A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
Synonyms
- fabric
- material
- textile
Kinds of cloth
- alpaca
- basket weave
- calico
- camouflage
- canopy
- canvas
- coating
- cord
Word history
From Old English "clāþ" (cloth, clothes, covering, sail).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cloth” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.