Textile \Tex"tile\, n.
   That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
   --Bacon.
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	Textile \Tex"tile\, a. [L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F.
   textile. See Text.]
   Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts;
   woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile
   fabrics.
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   Textile cone (Zool.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus
      textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they
      resemble certain kinds of cloth.
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	textile
    adj 1: of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile
           research"
    n 1: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or
         crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the
         curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth
         originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured
         off enough material for a dress" [syn: fabric, cloth,
         material, textile]

	

	53 Moby Thesaurus words for "textile":
   braided, cloth, drapery, dry goods, enlaced, entwined, etoffe,
   fabric, felt, fretted, goods, handwoven, interknit, interlaced,
   interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined, interwoven,
   knit, lace, laced, leather goods, leatherware, linens, loomed,
   material, napery, plaited, platted, pleached, raddled, rag, silk,
   soft goods, sporting goods, sportswear, stuff, textile fabric,
   textiles, texture, tissu, tissue, twined, weave, web, weft,
   white goods, woof, wool, woven, wreathed, yard goods