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satteen

satteen is the alternative form of sateen.

Meaning of sateen

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 satteen

pluralsatteens

Questions about satteen

What is satteen the alternative form of?
Satteen is the alternative form of sateen.

Words near satteen in the dictionary

  1. Sattagydia
  2. Sattagydian
  3. Sattagydians
  4. Sattar
  5. Sattars
  6. satteen
  7. satteens
  8. satten
  9. sattens
  10. Satter
  11. Satterfield

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