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sateen

Syllables: sa·teen/səˈtiːn/

sateen noun: a type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.

Noun

sateen (countable and uncountable, plural sateens)

  1. A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.
    • The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 112

Forms of sateen

pluralsateens

Origin of sateen

A 19th century variant of satin, perhaps influenced by velveteen.

Questions about sateen

What does sateen mean?
Sateen means a type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.
What part of speech is sateen?
Sateen is a noun.
How do you pronounce sateen?
Sateen is pronounced /səˈtiːn/.
What is the plural of sateen?
The plural of sateen is sateens.

Words near sateen in the dictionary

  1. satDNAs
  2. sate
  3. sate down
  4. sated
  5. satedness
  6. sateen
  7. sateens
  8. sateenwood
  9. sateh
  10. sateless
  11. satellect

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