clothnoun
uk/klɒθ/us/klɑːθ/B2 [ U ] (a type of) woven material:
a piece/length of cloth
B2 [ C ] a small piece of material, used in cleaning to remove dirt, dust, or liquid:
a cleaning cloth
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- Lay the cloth flat across the table.
- There's milk on the floor over there - could you get a cloth and mop it up?
- The coarseness of the cloth irritated her skin.
- When you've pinned the pattern onto the cloth, you can start cutting out all the pieces.
- It's the fineness of the thread that makes the cloth so soft.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Textiles: general words
- baize
- bias
- bolt
- brocade
- cutpiece
- denier 1
- drapery
- fabric
- filament
- gauze
- lint
- nap
- padding
- pile
- strand
- textile
- the weft
- upholstery
- wadding
- warp
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Equipment used for cleaning