Words / B1

KLOTH/klɒθ/

Cloth is material made of cotton, wool, or similar; a cloth is also a piece used for cleaning. Clothes are what you wear (already in the dictionary). Labs: wipe the bench with the cloth provided, not a sleeve.

Meaning

Material made of cotton, wool, or similar; also a piece used for cleaning.

Examples

• “Wipe the lab bench with the cloth provided, not a sleeve.”
• “A cloth bag in DT is fabric, which is the material sense.”

Good to know

Uncountable for material; a cloth = a piece. Contrast: clothes (things you wear). Labs / cleaning. Mix-up: clothe is a rare verb.

Near in meaning

fabric, material

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