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batik

(bətiːk, bætɪk)
Word forms: plural batiks
1. uncountable noun
Batik is a process for printing designs on cloth. Wax is put on those areas of the cloth that you do not want to be coloured by dye.
...a process similar to that used in batik.
...batik bedspreads.
2. variable noun
A batik is a cloth which has been printed with a batik design.
...a four-poster bed decorated with local batiks.
...batik from Bali.

batik in British English

or battik (ˈbætɪk)
noun
1. 
a process of printing fabric in which parts not to be dyed are covered by wax
2. 
fabric printed in this way
3. 
(as modifier)
a batik shirt
Word origin
C19: via Malay from Javanese: painted

batik in American English

(bəˈtik; ˈbɑˌtik)
noun
1. 
a method of dyeing designs on cloth by coating the parts that are not to be dyed with removable wax
2. 
cloth so decorated or a design made in this way
adjective
3. 
of or like batik
Word origin
Malay

Examples of 'batik' in a sentence
batik

Kate has hung some unusual Indian prints on the walls and a piece of bright batik.
Sara MacDonald SEA MUSIC (2003)
Lots of colours, Indian cotton, Thai silk, batik prints, flares and frills.
Brierley, David SKORPION'S DEATH (2003)
So she's living down there, with a woman's group, teaching them to batik cloth and things like that.
Neil Gaiman AMERICAN GODS (2003)

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