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# textile

noun (a textile, textiles); adjective-like before a noun (textile factory)

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

## Everyday

1. A textile is any cloth or fabric that is woven, knitted or made from threads, such as cotton, wool or silk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#m1)
2. Textiles is also a school subject or craft where you design and make things from fabric. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#m2)

### In the lessons

In design and technology lessons pupils study textiles: natural and man-made fibres, weaving, sewing. In history it names the textile mills of the Industrial Revolution. Phrases: textile industry, textile mill, textile design, natural textiles.

### Examples

- Cotton and wool are natural textiles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#x1)
- In textiles class we sewed a cushion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#x2)
- The town grew around a big textile mill in the 1800s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#x3)
- Polyester is a man-made textile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#x4)
- Many children worked in textile factories long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#x5)
- This museum shows textiles from all over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#x6)
- Recycling old textiles keeps clothes out of landfill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/#x7)

### Note

Countable; often plural textiles for the subject or the industry. Stress: TEX-tile. Related: texture (how something feels), text (originally from the same Latin word for weaving).

## On Mova

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