🧵 Not woven 🧵 Bonded fabric

nonwoven

7.2

A cloth made from fibers joined together without weaving or knitting

noun
/nɑnˈwoʊvən/

Specialized

: no tejido

I was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and my next-door neighbor was one of the early inventors of 3M, and another friend of the family was the pioneer of nonwovens at 3M.

Examples

In recent years, nonwoven materials have gained popularity in the fashion industry for creating eco-friendly clothing.
Nonwoven fabrics are commonly used in medical products due to their durability and cost-effectiveness.
Nonwoven covers are found on textbooks and have been appearing more regularly on scientific and academic titles in the last decade.

Academic text (2015)
We have wovens, knits, nonwovens and hides.
The manufacturer specializes in producing nonwoven textiles for a variety of applications, including filters and insulation.

Synonyms

fabric

vsnonwoven

252 1.0

Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibers used for clothes and curtains

is made by bonding fibers instead of being woven or knitted

Antonyms

woven

1 3.4

Made by crossing threads and strips together, like a rug or basket

knitted

2.4

Someone joins yarn or thread into many small loops to make cloth

Surface Forms

nonwoven singular

nonwovens plural

Morphology

nonwoven = woven (transparent) = non + woven

The noun sense names a material described as 'not woven' (fibers bonded rather than woven), so the negation via 'non-' is clear.

Etymology

Nonwoven as a noun also comes from non- ('not') and woven ('weave'), so it simply means 'not woven'. A nonwoven is a type of fabric where the fibers are stuck or bonded together rather than woven or knitted, which is why many filters, masks, and medical gowns are made from nonwovens.