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batiks

batiks is the plural of batik.

batiks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of batik.

Meaning of batik

Noun

batik (countable and uncountable, plural batiks)

  1. 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

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Questions about batiks

What is batiks the plural of?
Batiks is the plural of batik.

Words near batiks in the dictionary

  1. batik
  2. batiked
  3. batiker
  4. batikers
  5. batiking
  6. batiks
  7. batil
  8. batillariid
  9. batillariids
  10. batils
  11. BATIM

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batiks (page history and authors); batik (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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