What does "woven" mean?

A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

What is a synonym for "woven"?

Common synonyms include: braided, enlaced, entwined, fretted, handwoven, interknit.

//ˈwəʊ.vən// adj, noun, verb

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Noun

1
A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

Verb

1
past participle of weave form-of, participle, past
"The spider had woven her web on a corner of the attic."

Adjective

1
Fabricated by weaving. not-comparable
"Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof."
2
Interlaced not-comparable
"The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving."

Adjective

1
made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole wordnet

"Microfibre cloth is cloth woven from fibres as narrow as a hundredth of the width of a hair."

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