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poplin

/ˈpɒplɪn/

poplin noun: a fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.

Noun

poplin (countable and uncountable, plural poplins)

  1. A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.
    • Actress Pat Ast, who used to model for Halston, says she disguises her 220 pounds by wearing loose cotton knit or khaki poplin vests, night and day, always in solid colors.1996, Chevalier Publications (publisher), Femme Mirror, page 58
    Synonyms:
    bengaline

Proper noun capitalized: Poplin

Poplin (plural Poplins)

  1. A surname.

poplin meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

poplin in Tamil

பளபளி

poplin in Malayalam

പട്ടാട, പോപ്ലിൻ തുണി, മിനുസമുള്ള തുണി

Synonyms of poplin

Forms of poplin

Noun
pluralpoplins
Proper noun
pluralPoplins

Origin of poplin

An alteration (taken as related to Pope) of French papeline, a distortion of Poperinge, a town in Flanders which was a centre for textile production.

Words formed from poplin

Questions about poplin

What does poplin mean?
Poplin means a fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.
What is poplin in Tamil?
Poplin in Tamil is பளபளி. See Poplin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is poplin?
Poplin can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce poplin?
Poplin is pronounced /ˈpɒplɪn/.
What is the plural of poplin?
The plural of poplin is poplins.

Words near poplin in the dictionary

  1. Poplarville
  2. Poplawski
  3. Poplawskis
  4. popless
  5. poplike
  6. poplin
  7. poplins
  8. poplit
  9. poplitaeal
  10. popliteal
  11. popliteal artery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poplin (page history and authors); Poplin (page history and authors); poplin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poplin (Malayalam 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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