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Flannel
Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Vegetable flannel is made from Scots pine fibre.Flannel may be brushed to create extra softness or remain unbrushed. Brushing is a mechanical process wherein a fine metal brush rubs the fabric to raise fine fibres from the loosely spun yarns to form a nap on one side or both sides. If the flannel is not napped, it gains its softness through the loosely spun yarn in its woven form.
Flannel is commonly used to make tartan clothing, blankets, bed sheets, and sleepwear. The term “flannel shirt” is often used casually to mean any shirt with a plaid or tartan pattern.
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Flannel (noun)
A soft woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
“With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.”
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Flannel (noun)
A washcloth.
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Flannel (noun)
A flannel shirt.
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Flannel (noun)
Soothing plausible untruth and half truth, claptrap – ””Don’t talk flannel” [http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/56/messages/708.html][http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-synonyms/claptrap][http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19971103]
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Flannel (adjective)
made of flannel
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Flannel (verb)
To rub with a flannel.
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Flannel (verb)
To wrap in flannel.
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Flannel (verb)
To flatter; to suck up to.
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Flannelette (noun)
A type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.
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Flannelette (noun)
Something made from this fabric.
“Our flannelettes provide an extra layer between the underquilt and sheets.”
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Flannel (noun)
a kind of soft woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised
“a check flannel shirt”
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Flannel (noun)
men’s trousers made of flannel
“he was dressed in a tweed jacket and grey flannels”
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Flannel (noun)
short for flannelette
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Flannel (noun)
a small piece of towelling used for washing oneself.
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Flannel (noun)
bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly
“a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel”
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Flannel (verb)
use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly.
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Flannelette (noun)
a napped cotton fabric resembling flannel
“a flannelette nightdress”