cloth

US: /ˈkɫɔθ/
UK: /klˈɒθ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


cloth /klɔθ/
  • danh từ, số nhiều clothes
    • vải
      • american cloth; oil cloth: vải sơn, vải dầu
      • cloth of gold: vải kim tuyến
    • khăn; khăn lau; khăn trải (bàn)
      • to lay the cloth: trải khăn bàn (để chuẩn bị ăn)
    • áo thầy tu
    • (the cloth) giới thầy tu
    • to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
      • (tục ngữ) liệu vải mà cắt áo; liệu cơm gắp mắm
    • out of the same cloth
      • cùng một giuộc với nhau
    • out of the whole cloth
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) không một lời nào là đúng sự thật; hoàn toàn bịa từ đầu đến cuối
    • it is a lie out of the whole cloth: đó là một lời nói láo từ đầu đến cuối

Advanced English dictionary


1 [U] fabric made by weaving or knitting cotton, wool, silk, etc: woollen / cotton cloth + bandages made from strips of cloth + the cloth industry / trade + a cloth bag
2 [C] (often in compounds) a piece of cloth, often used for a special purpose, especially cleaning things or covering a table: Wipe the surface with a damp cloth. + a floor cloth
See also - DISHCLOTH, TABLECLOTH
3 (the cloth) [sing.] (literary) used to refer to Christian priests as a group: a man of the cloth
Idioms see COAT n.

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
1 fabric, material, textile, Chiefly Brit stuff:
The curtains are made of cloth, not plastic.
2 the cloth. the clergy, the (religious) ministry, the priesthood:
He is a man of the cloth.

Collocation dictionary


1 material used for making clothes, curtains, etc.

ADJ.

coarse, fine | homespun | woven | cotton, damask, linen, woollen
a jacket made from woollen cloth

QUANT.

bale, bolt, length | piece, scrap, strip

VERB + CLOTH

make, produce, weave | dye

CLOTH + NOUN

industry, manufacture, merchant, mill, trade

2 piece of cloth used for a particular purpose

ADJ.

damp, dry, soft
Wipe the table with a damp cloth.
| cleaning, floor, polishing | table
(also
tablecloth
)
| tea | loin
(also
loincloth)


Concise English dictionary


clothsklɒθ
noun
+artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers