textile
noun
tex·tile
ˈtek-ˌstī(-ə)l 
ˈteks-tᵊl
ˈteks-tᵊl
1
: cloth sense 1a
especially
: a woven or knit cloth
2
: a fiber, filament, or yarn used in making cloth
Examples of textile in a Sentence
They import fine silk textiles from China.
brought back a whole suitcase of beautiful textiles from India
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Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
The club were founded in 1938 by employees at a textile factory and named after their company’s emblem — the bare-faced ibis, a bird native to South America.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The philanthropist has bought and donated more than 600 items to the museum’s fashion and textiles department.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
On a sunny September afternoon in Manhattan, a couple of days before the start of Climate Week NYC, a Sourcing Journal reporter went hunting for a mound of textile waste.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for textile
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“Textile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/textile. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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textile
noun
tex·tile
ˈtek-ˌstīl
ˈteks-tᵊl
: cloth sense 1
especially
: a woven or knit cloth
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