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pleat meaning in Malayalam

ഒടി

/pliːt/

pleat in Malayalam: ഒടി, മടക്ക്, ചുരുക്ക്, ഞെറി. In English, pleat means a fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.

Malayalam words for pleat

crease, fold, gather
ഒടി, മടക്ക്, ചുരുക്ക്, ഞെറി, ഞൊറി, ഞൊറിവ്

English meaning of pleat

  1. noun A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
  2. noun A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products.
  3. noun A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
  4. noun A plait.

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Questions about pleat in Malayalam

What is the meaning of pleat in Malayalam?
Pleat in Malayalam is ഒടി, മടക്ക്, ചുരുക്ക്, ഞെറി.
pleat എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Pleat: ഒടി, മടക്ക്, ചുരുക്ക്, ഞെറി.
What does pleat mean in English?
Pleat means a fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.

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Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: pleat (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pleat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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