rayon
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈreɪˌɒn/
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rayón
- On the right sits a woman wearing a cotton titriku, 'thick cloth', a weft-faced plain-weave textile, and a rayon kente.
- cotton and rayon
- pink rayon
- rayon or nylon
You know, one very common blend is like wool rayon or wool polyester.
- You know, one very common blend is like wool rayon or wool polyester.
- It's the same process to get rayon filaments that you're going to build your yarn with.
- And I say that because rayon and silk feel the same, but we understand that there's a clear difference.
Examples
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The tablecloth is made from rayon, making it soft and easy to clean.
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Then Kee Kee gave me a light-green rayon nightie for an early birthday present.
Fiction book (1991) -
Women had to go back to rayon stockings or go without.
Blog text (11) -
With him, he brought a young woman who wore rayon kimonos.
Fiction book (2002) -
The lace used in my wedding dress was rayon, so it was a useful, though not highly prized material.
Blog text (6) -
Her rayon crepe floral print dress was enormous and fit.
Fiction book (1999) -
Today, Laura wears a rayon jacket over striped pants.
Fiction book (1996) -
That's rayon, you know, the American Viscose Corporation started making rayon before the war.
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Rick tugged at the collar of his wispy rayon shirt.
Fiction book (1995) -
Whippy Bird and I looked pretty snazzy, too, in matching red-and-blue flowered rayon dresses.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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5.9
A soft fabric like silk made from plant fiber used for clothes
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4.0
A fiber made using chemicals, not from plants or animals
A soft fabric made from plant pulp that feels like silk
A smooth, shiny fabric made from man-made fibers that feels like silk
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word rayon comes from the French word rayon, which is like English ray and means 'a beam of light'. Think of a shining 'ray' to remember it: rayon is a man-made, silk-like fiber used for clothes.