calico

cal·i·co  (kl-k)

n. pl. cal·i·coes or cal·i·cos

1.

a. A coarse, brightly printed cloth.

b. Chiefly British A plain white cotton cloth, heavier than muslin.

2. An animal, such as a cat, having a coat that is mottled in tones of white with red and black.

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[After Calicut.]

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cali·co adj.

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calico [ˈkælɪˌkəʊ]

n pl -coes, -cos

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a white or unbleached cotton fabric with no printed design

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Chiefly US a coarse printed cotton fabric

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (modifier) made of calico

[based on Calicut, town in India]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calico - coarse cloth with a bright print cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Adj.	1.	calico - made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; "calico dresses"; "a calico cat"
	2.	calico - having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, motley, painted colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

Translations

calico [ˈkælɪkəʊ]

A. N (calicoes or calicos (pl)) → calicó m, percal m

B. ADJ [jacket, shirt etc] → de percal

calico [ˈkælɪkəʊ] n

(British) → calicot m

(US) → indienne f

calico

n → Kattun m

calico [ˈkælɪˌkəʊ] n → (tela di) cotone m grezzo (Am) → cotonina stampata

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calico [ˈkælɪˌkəʊ] n → (tela di) cotone m grezzo (Am) → cotonina stampata