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The Meaning of linen
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(n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
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(n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
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(n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
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(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