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# muslin

noun (muslin — uncountable; muslins for kinds)

«muslin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Muslin is a thin, light cotton cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#m1)
2. Muslin is used for baby wraps, for straining food in the kitchen and in old times for dresses and curtains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#m2)

### In the lessons

a kind of cloth bought or cut by length, mostly in old problems: yards of muslin and its price; in everyday life a muslin cloth for babies or for cheese-making; in old stories muslin dresses

### Examples

- She bought 6 yards of muslin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x1)
- Muslin costs 20 cents a yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x2)
- How much do 4 yards of muslin cost? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x3)
- The baby was wrapped in a soft muslin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x4)
- Strain the yoghurt through a piece of muslin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x5)
- In the old story, the girl wore a white muslin dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x6)
- The curtains are made of thin muslin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x7)
- Everybody was looking on, and the King was chuckling to himself at the idea of finding the piece of muslin in a nutshell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/#x8)

### Note

A thing measured, often by yards or meters. «A yard» with a price is a rate: cost = price × yards. Trap: count the yards, not the word. Mostly uncountable: «some muslin», «a piece of muslin».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «muslin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muslin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«muslin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/muslin.html) on Mova free.