Words / B2

TEKST-yl/ˈtekstaɪl/

A textile is a cloth or woven material, or the industry that makes it: the textile industry; technical textiles. Fabric is everyday; texture is how a surface feels (next entries). Map textile mills in the industrial-revolution enquiry. Mix-up: texture / test. Do not call a finished T-shirt a textile mill.

Meaning

Cloth or woven material; also the industry that makes it.

Examples

• “Map textile mills in the industrial-revolution enquiry, not a high-street brand.”
• “Technical textiles featured in the materials table, which is the engineered-cloth sense.”

Good to know

the textile industry / mill; technical textiles. Everyday: fabric / cloth. Trap: texture. Geography, history, and design. Cloth or the cloth industry, not a single slogan on a tee.

Near in meaning

fabric

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