flannel
IPA: fɫˈænʌɫ
noun
- (uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- (New Zealand, Britain, countable) A washcloth.
- (US, countable) A flannel shirt.
- (slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
verb
- (transitive) To rub with a flannel.
- (transitive) To wrap in flannel.
- (transitive) To flatter; to suck up to.
- (transitive, slang) To waffle or prevaricate.
adjective
- Made of flannel.
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Examples of "flannel" in Sentences
- I put on a flannel shirt.
- The fabric for the inner is red cotton flannel.
- This section is very general and full of flannel.
- The final lustre is given by friction with flannel.
- He wears a miner's cap and red and black flannel shirt.
- The inner is made of flannel and sometimes wool as well.
- The author appears comfortable in green and blue flannel.
- Flannelette is a light, napped cotton the texture of flannel.
- Its exterior is the architectural equivalent of a gray flannel suit.
- I'm crossword puzzles and flannel pajamas and the occasional lite beer.
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