/ English Dictionary |
CHEESECLOTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cheesecloth" is a kind of...):
gauze; netting; veiling (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)