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Batik

//bəˈtiːk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric. countable, uncountable

    "There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking combination."

  2. 2
    a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.
  2. 2
    dye with wax wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch batik, from Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀).

Etymology 2

From Dutch batik, from Javanese bathik (ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀).

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