burlap
/ˈbɜːlæp/US/ˈbɝlæp/
burlap noun: a very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
Noun
burlap (countable and uncountable, plural burlaps)
- 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
Verb
burlap (third-person singular simple present burlaps, present participle burlapping, simple past and past participle burlapped)
burlap meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Punjabi
burlap in Tamil
- சுவர்மூடி, பருக்கன், கரடுமுரடான திரைச்சீலை, பருக்கன் துணிவகை
burlap in Marathi
- strong cloth
- गोणपाट goṇpāṭ
burlap in Urdu
- ٹاٹ
burlap in Punjabi
- strong cloth
- ਤੱਪੜ tappaṛ
Synonyms of burlap
Forms of burlap
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | burlaps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | burlaps |
| present participle | burlapping |
| past participle | burlapped |
| past | burlapped |
Origin of burlap
Uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) + lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle English burel, borel. Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands); the NED suggests derivation from Dutch boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer (“farmer, peasant”). Bense similarly suggests derivation from an unattested Dutch *boerenlap, where boeren would be used in the sense of “coarse” as in boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) or boerenpraat (“coarse, rural speech”).
Words formed from burlap
Phrases with burlap
Questions about burlap
- What does burlap mean?
- Burlap means a very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
- What is burlap in Tamil?
- Burlap in Tamil is சுவர்மூடி, பருக்கன், கரடுமுரடான திரைச்சீலை. See Burlap meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is burlap?
- Burlap can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce burlap?
- Burlap is pronounced /ˈbɝlæp/ (US).
- What is the plural of burlap?
- The plural of burlap is burlaps.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: burlap (page history and authors); burlap (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); burlap (Urdu 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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