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viscose

/ˈvɪskəʊs/

viscose noun: a viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.

Noun

viscose (countable and uncountable, plural viscoses)

  1. A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
    • Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous)
  2. A fabric made from this material.
    • Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian
    • Here you are […] in your favourite viscose shirt and palazzo pants.2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191

viscose meaning in Urdu

viscose in Urdu

لزج مائع

Synonyms of viscose

Forms of viscose

pluralviscoses

Origin of viscose

From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous.

Words formed from viscose

Questions about viscose

What does viscose mean?
Viscose means a viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
What is viscose in Urdu?
Viscose in Urdu is لزج مائع. See Viscose meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is viscose?
Viscose is a noun.
How do you pronounce viscose?
Viscose is pronounced /ˈvɪskəʊs/.
What is the plural of viscose?
The plural of viscose is viscoses.

Words near viscose in the dictionary

  1. viscoplastic
  2. viscoplasticities
  3. viscoplasticity
  4. viscoresistive
  5. Viscos
  6. viscose
  7. viscoses
  8. viscosified
  9. viscosifier
  10. viscosifiers
  11. viscosifies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: viscose (page history and authors); viscose (Urdu 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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