textile

[US]/ˈtekstaɪl/
[UK]/ˈtekstaɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. textile
adj. related to textiles

Phrases & Collocations

textile industry

textile manufacturing

textile design

textile production

textile material

textile machinery

home textile

textile fiber

cotton textile

textile mill

textile fabric

textile factory

textile finishing

textile engineering

textile auxiliary

textile fibre

textile plants

Example Sentences

a textile weave; textile mills.

a textile mill; a steel mill.

a textile-exporting publication for the trade.

the textile industry was centred in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

the textile industry.See Synonyms at business

His father’s a big wheel in the textile industry.

Japan imports textile materials from Britain.

Textile workers favoured protection.

industrial undertakings ranging from textiles to rubber.

Qingdao Nabobism Textile Imp&Exp Co.

This kind of textile machines has long since been out of use.

The city has textile mills and fruit and salmon canneries.

Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week.

The level of textile colour matching reflects a colourist′s aesthetics and colour-mixing ability.

whorled flower parts; a whorled textile pattern.

He haunted textile mills, and learned all he could.

She improved on the cotton fluffer and successively made the most advanced textile tool of the time, a pedal spinning wheel with three spindles.

The properties of perchlorethylene (PER) are compared to those of water in relation to scouring processes in the textile finishing.

Real-world Examples

We need to produce more textiles, especially silk and cotton.

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We have West African textiles here.

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The Arnolfini's bed is, of course, covered in elaborate, costly textiles.

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He describes the resulting textiles as " functional art, " influenced by the natural world.

Source: VOA Special January 2019 Collection

Olaf Schmidt is Heimtextil's vice president of textiles and textile technology.

Source: VOA Special February 2023 Collection

Here shophouses sell textiles as well as restaurants that serve spicy Malay food.

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The husband works in the textile industry.

Source: VOA Standard September 2015 Collection

A corporate attorney for Mr. Sontag's textile business.

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I've imported textiles, machinery, toys, solar panels, all kinds of things over the years.

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So I'm familiar with the textile market in China.

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