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borelap

borelap is the obsolete spelling of burlap.

Meaning of burlap

Noun

burlap (countable and uncountable, plural burlaps)

  1. (US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
    • “A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.2020 November 11, Johnny Diaz, Concepción de León, “3 Visitors Banned From Yellowstone After Cooking Chickens in Hot Spring”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    hessian, crocus

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Forms of borelap

pluralborelaps

Questions about borelap

What is borelap the obsolete spelling of?
Borelap is the obsolete spelling of burlap.

Words near borelap in the dictionary

  1. Borel summations
  2. Borel transform
  3. Borel transforms
  4. Borel σ-algebra
  5. Borel σ-algebras
  6. borelap
  7. borelaps
  8. borele
  9. boreles
  10. boreless
  11. borelian

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