flannel
Syllables: flan·nel/ˈflænəl/
flannel noun: a soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
Noun
flannel (countable and uncountable, plural flannels)
- A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.
- First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, “How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world”, in The Daily Telegraph
- A washcloth.
- "The Witch of Endor was a fool to her, sir: bless you, she would make no more of raising every gentleman in the Bible out of these here beastly tombs than I should of growing cress on an old flannel."1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- A flannel shirt.
- Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
- Don't talk flannel!
- Synonym of flip (“hot mixture of beer, spirit, etc.”).
- Synonyms:
- flip
Adjective
flannel (not comparable)
- Made of flannel.
Verb
flannel (third-person singular simple present flannels, present participle (US) flanneling or (UK) flannelling, simple past and past participle (US) flanneled or (UK) flannelled)
- To rub with a flannel.
- To wrap in flannel.
- To flatter; to suck up to.
- Synonyms:
- fawn, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, butter up, dickride, duchess, fawn over
- To waffle or prevaricate.
- I got a little cross and asked him to stop flannelling and to tell me what was holding me back. Were my annual assessments below par? Was there something I had done – or not done?2016, J. F. Langer, From the Spitfire Cockpit to the Cabinet Office
flannel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flannel in Hindi
- flannel
- फलालैन phalālain
flannel in Tamil
- கம்பளித் துணி, கம்பளம், கம்பளிப்புடைவை
flannel in Marathi
- फ्लॅनल, फ्लॅनल करण्यासाठी, फ्लॅनेल करण्यासाठी
flannel in Urdu
- فلانیل, فلنیل, فلینیل
More languagesFewer languages
- flannel in Bengali
- ফ্ল্যানেল করতে, ফ্ল্যানেল করার জন্য, ফ্ল্যানেল করা
- flannel in Telugu
- ఫ్లాన్నల్, ఫ్లానల్, ఫ్లాన్నల్ చేయడానికి
- flannel in Malayalam
- കമ്പിളിത്തുണി, കമ്പിളിവസ്ത്രം, കുളിക്കാനുള്ള തോർത്ത്
- flannel in Kannada
- ನವುರು ಬಟ್ಟೆ, ಮೆತ್ತನೆ ಬಟ್ಟೆ
- flannel in Punjabi
- ਫਲੈਨਲ, ਫਲਾਨਲ, ਫ਼ਲੈਨਲ
- flannel in Gujarati
- ફ્લેનલ, ફ્લૅનલ, ફ્લૅનલ કરવા માટે
- flannel in Odia
- ଫ୍ଲାନେଲ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ଫ୍ଲାନେଲ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ଫ୍ଲାନେଲ୍ କରିବାକୁ
- flannel in Nepali
- फ्ल्यानल, फ्ल्यानल गर्न, फ्लानेल गर्न
- flannel in Tagalog
- pranela
Examples of flannel in a sentence
- Gil Hodges became the greatest circuit slugger ever to wear Dodger flannels.
- Chip clutched a basket brimming with real potatoes against his red flannel shirt.
- Arnoldi had prescribed flannel shirts, boots, and jeans for all the boys.
Synonyms of flannel
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Forms of flannel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | flannels |
| alternative Scotland | flanan |
| alternative Scotland | flanning |
| alternative Scotland | flanen |
| alternative form (dialectal) | flannen |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | flannels |
| present participle US | flanneling |
| present participle UK | flannelling |
| past participle US | flanneled |
| past US | flanneled |
| past participle UK | flannelled |
| past UK | flannelled |
Origin of flannel
From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool.
Words formed from flannel
- Adam's flannel
- Canton flannel
- Crimean flannel
- face flannel
- flannelboard
- flannelbush
- flannel cake
- flannel dance
- flannelette
- flannel flower
- flannelgraph
- flannel leaf
- flannellike
- flannelly
- flannel moth
- flannel-mouthed
- flannelmouth
- flannel-mouth
- flannel mouth
- flannel panel
- flannelweed
- flannen
- flannie
- flanno
- outing flannel
- unflannelled
- Welsh flannel
Phrases with flannel
Words that rhyme with flannel
Questions about flannel
- What does flannel mean?
- Flannel means a soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- What is flannel in Hindi?
- Flannel in Hindi is फलालैन (phalālain). See Flannel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flannel?
- Flannel can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce flannel?
- Flannel is pronounced /ˈflænəl/.
- What is the plural of flannel?
- The plural of flannel is flannels.
Words near flannel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flannel (page history and authors); फलालैन (Hindi) (page history and authors); flannel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flannel (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flannel (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flannel (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flannel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flannel (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flannel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flannel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flannel (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flannel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flannel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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