tissue
Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
Other meanings
A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
Related words
- tissual
- adipose tissue
- antitissue
- epithelial tissue
- mesenchymal tissue
- bathroom tissue
- biotissue
- bone tissue
- cloth of tissue
- conjunctive tissue
- connective tissue
- deep tissue
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "texō" (to weave).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tissue” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.