batik
/bəˈtiːk/
batik noun: a wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
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Noun
batik (countable and uncountable, plural batiks)
- A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
- There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking combination.1928, Nella Larsen, “14”, in Quicksand, page 162
- Look at her, whirling around the compound wearing batik shorts and a cotton shirt, her long black hair braided into two arcs fastened with colored bands, her teeth gleaming and one slipper broken.2018 February 13, Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater, Grove Press, →ISBN
Verb
batik (third-person singular simple present batiks, present participle batiking, simple past and past participle batiked)
- To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.
batik meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay
batik in Tamil
- பற்றிக்குவேலை, மெழுகு அச்சுமுறை
batik in Tagalog
- A method of dyeing fabric
- batik
batik in Arabic
- A method of dyeing fabric
- باتيك
batik in Malay
- A method of dyeing fabric
- batik
More languagesFewer languages
- batik in Indonesian
- batik
- batik in Persian
- چاپ کلاقهای
- batik in Vietnamese
- lối in hoa ba-tic, batik
- batik in Myanmar
- ပါတိတ် patit
Forms of batik
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | batiks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | batiks |
| present participle | batiking |
| past participle | batiked |
| past | batiked |
Origin of batik
Borrowed from Javanese bathik.
Words formed from batik
Words that rhyme with batik
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- leak
- seek
- bespeak
- pique
- tweak
- reek
- sleek
- geek
- peek
- squeak
- week
- wreak
- boutique
- clique
- creek
- forspeak
- gleek
- unique
- bleak
- cacique
- creak
- critique
- deke
- eek
- eke
- fleak
- on fleek
- respeak
- Tajik
- teak
- technique
- tongue-in-chic
- chic
- cleek
- desqueak
- leek
- malik
- meek
- midweek
- misspeak
- physique
- pratique
- shriek
- speke
- streek
- Zeke
- -speak
- Adam's Peak
Questions about batik
- What does batik mean?
- Batik means a wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
- What is batik in Tamil?
- Batik in Tamil is பற்றிக்குவேலை, மெழுகு அச்சுமுறை. See Batik meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is batik?
- Batik can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce batik?
- Batik is pronounced /bəˈtiːk/.
- What is the plural of batik?
- The plural of batik is batiks.
Words near batik in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: batik (page history and authors); batik (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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