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coir

/ˈkɔɪə/

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British/ˈkoːjə/

coir noun: the fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

coir: the fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat...
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Noun

coir (countable and uncountable, plural coirs)

  1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
    • Then, how comparatively sweet was everything on board - no paint, no tar, no new rope, (vilest of smells to the qualmish!) no grease, or oil, or varnish; but instead of these, bamboo and rattan, and coir rope and palm thatch; pure vegetable fibres, which smell pleasantly if they smell at all, and...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 162

coir meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

coir in Tamil

fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut
கயறு kayaṟu, நார் nār

coir in Telugu

fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut
కొబ్బరిపీచు kobbaripīcu

coir in Malayalam

fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut
കയർ kayaṟ

coir in Kannada

ತೆಂಗಿನ ನಾರು, ಹುರಿ, ಕತ್ತ, ಜುಂಗು, ಕಾತಿ, ಕದವೆ
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coir in Gujarati
કાથી kāthī
coir in Arabic
قُنْبَر qunbar, قُنْبَار qunbār, كُنْبَار kunbār
coir in Malay
sabut
coir in Indonesian
sabut

Forms of coir

pluralcoirs
alternative formcaire
alternative formcayar
alternative formkiar

Origin of coir

Borrowed from Tamil கயிறு (kayiṟu), Malayalam കയർ (kayaṟ).

Words that rhyme with coir

Questions about coir

What does coir mean?
Coir means the fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
What is coir in Tamil?
Coir in Tamil is கயறு (kayaṟu), நார் (nār). See Coir meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coir?
Coir is a noun.
How do you pronounce coir?
Coir is pronounced /ˈkɔɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of coir?
The plural of coir is coirs.

Words near coir in the dictionary

  1. coions
  2. COIP
  3. COIPs
  4. coipu
  5. coipus
  6. coir
  7. coire licet
  8. Coiro
  9. Coiros
  10. coirs
  11. COIs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: coir (page history and authors); coir (Kannada 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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