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furoshiki

furoshiki noun: a traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc.

Noun

furoshiki (countable and uncountable, plural furoshiki)

  1. (countable) A traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc.
    • Around her slender neck, the beauteous Asian was also wearing a furoshiki printed in a woodland motif of peacock blue, taupe, and Chinese red, folded in a triangle so as to make a cowgirl bandana.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597
  2. (uncountable) The art of wrapping in this kind of cloth.

Forms of furoshiki

pluralfuroshiki

Origin of furoshiki

From Japanese 風呂(ふろ)敷(しき) (furoshiki).

Questions about furoshiki

What does furoshiki mean?
Furoshiki means a traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc.
What part of speech is furoshiki?
Furoshiki is a noun.
What is the plural of furoshiki?
The plural of furoshiki is furoshiki.

Words near furoshiki in the dictionary

  1. furors
  2. furos
  3. furosamide
  4. furosemide
  5. furosemides
  6. furoshiki
  7. furosine
  8. furostane
  9. furostanol
  10. furostanols
  11. furotica

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