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battik

battik is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of battik

Noun
pluralbattiks
Verb
third-person singular presentbattiks
present participlebattiking
past participlebattiked
pastbattiked

Questions about battik

What is battik the alternative spelling of?
Battik is the alternative spelling of batik.

Words near battik in the dictionary

  1. Batticaloa
  2. batticon
  3. battier
  4. batties
  5. battiest
  6. battik
  7. battiked
  8. battiking
  9. battiks
  10. battil
  11. battils

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