cloth

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /klɔθ/, enPR: klôth
• (cot-caught, Canada) IPA: /klɑθ/, enPR: klŏth
• (RP) IPA: /klɒθ/, enPR: klŏth
  • (Conservative RP) IPA: /klɔːθ/, enPR: klôth
• (obsolete) IPA: /kloʊθ/, enPR: klōth

Noun

cloth

1. (countable, uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
2. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
3. (metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
4. (metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.
5. A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
6. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

   He is a respected man of the cloth.

Synonyms

• (woven fabric) material, stuff
• See also Thesaurus:fabric

Related terms

• clothe, clothes, clothing

Translations

• French: tissu, étoffe
• German: Stoff, Tuch
• Italian: stoffa, tessuto, tela
• Portuguese: pano, tecido
• Russian: ткань
• Spanish: tela

Translations

• French: tissu
• German: Tuch
• Italian: panno, straccio, cencio
• Portuguese: pano
• Russian: тря́пка
• Spanish: trapo

Translations

• French: tenue
• Italian: abbigliamento, tonaca, abito, vestiario, tenuta
• Russian: мунди́р

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