linen
/ˈlɪnɪn/
linen noun: thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
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Noun
linen (countable and uncountable, plural linens)
- Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
- She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
- A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
Adjective
linen (not comparable)
Proper noun capitalized: Linen
Linen (plural Linens)
- A surname.
linen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
linen in Hindi
- लिनन, लिनेन
linen in Tamil
- நாரிழைத்துணி, நார்மடித் துணி, இலினன், நார்த்துணி, பட்டுச்சணற்றுணி
linen in Marathi
- लिनेन, लिनन
linen in Bengali
- লিনেন কাপড়, পাটের তৈরি কাপড়
More languagesFewer languages
- linen in Telugu
- లినెన్, లినిన్
- linen in Malayalam
- നാരുതുണി
- linen in Kannada
- ನಾರುಬಟ್ಟೆ, ಕಿತ್ತಾನಾರು ಬಟ್ಟೆ, ನಾರುಮಡಿ, ನಾರುಡೆ
- linen in Punjabi
- ਲਿਨਨ, ਲਿਨੇਨ
- linen in Gujarati
- લિનન, લિનેન
- linen in Odia
- ଲିନେନ, ଲିନିନ୍
- linen in Nepali
- लिनन, लिनेन, लिनीन
- linen in Arabic
- كَتَّان kattān
- linen in Persian
- کتان katân
Examples of linen in a sentence
- In order for a suit to be kosher, it cannot contain both wool and linen together.
- This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.
- If you want to take a shower, help yourself to towels; they're in the linen closet.
Forms of linen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | linens |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Linens |
Origin of linen
From Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line + -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”) and thus also Linum. More at line.
Words formed from linen
- bedlinen
- body linen
- cottolin
- Irish linen
- lack-linen
- linen basket
- linen closet
- linen cupboard
- linen draper
- linen-draper
- linendraper
- linener
- linenette
- linenfold
- linen hall
- linenless
- linenlike
- Linenopolis
- linen paper
- linen prover
- linens
- linen tester
- lineny
- linish
- linoleum
- nonlinen
- prelinen
- Russia linen
- shaving linen
- table-linen
- tow linen
- underlinen
Phrases with linen
Questions about linen
- What does linen mean?
- Linen means thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
- What is linen in Hindi?
- Linen in Hindi is लिनन, लिनेन. See Linen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is linen?
- Linen can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce linen?
- Linen is pronounced /ˈlɪnɪn/.
- What is the plural of linen?
- The plural of linen is linens.
Words near linen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: linen (page history and authors); Linen (page history and authors); linen (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); linen (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Linen (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); linen (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linen (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); linen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); linen (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linen (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linen (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linen (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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