batik
noun /bəˈtiːk/
  /bəˈtiːk/
 [uncountable, countable]- a method of printing patterns on cloth using wax (= a solid substance made from fat or oil) on the parts that will not have any colour; a piece of cloth printed in this way- a batik dress
- an exhibition of batiks and sculpture
 Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Javanese, literally ‘painted’.