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The Meaning of linen

  • (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
  • (n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
  • (n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
  • (n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

Synonyms

linen paper

Homophones

linin , linnane

Rhymes

chinen , dinan , drinnon , dubinin , finan , finnan , ihnen , jokinen , kinnan , linnane , mackinnon , mckinnon , ninon , tinnon