artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Used in a Sentence
cloth
How to use cloth in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for cloth.
Editorial note
And I didn't know that HN readers were supposed to all be cut from the same bolt of cloth.
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Quick take
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of cloth gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for cloth.
noun
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Example sentences
And I didn't know that HN readers were supposed to all be cut from the same bolt of cloth.
It didn't fall off, but it took me 3 tries to get the phone to sit on a cloth chair seat without falling off.
England could weave cloth more efficiently than Spain, but Spain could make wine more efficiently than England.
It's really hard/expensive to wipe your lens with a microfiber cloth in space; JPL once did a study to determine the cost/feasibility.
My mother owns a small cloth shop, she has quite a few problems as a small business owner, but I doubt she wants to be used as a lever in the favour of Hodorkovsky or Kozlov.
We call the opposite, where the standards body invents a feature out of whole cloth with no example implementation having been tested in the real world, "Design by Committee".
Most Buddhist monks could easily get under the "15 things" limit-- the standard list of possessions is: three robes, an alms bowl, a cloth belt, a needle and thread, a razor for shaving the head, and a water filter.
They can keep their fancy power management and their new apps, because nothing will compare to that feeling when I boot into my shiny new surf-speckled desktop, fullscreen a video on my second monitor, and my main screen isn't covered in useless grey cloth.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use cloth in a sentence?
And I didn't know that HN readers were supposed to all be cut from the same bolt of cloth.
What does cloth mean?
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
What part of speech is cloth?
cloth is commonly used as noun.