flannel

flan·nel  (flnl)

n.

1. A soft woven cloth of wool or a blend of wool and cotton or synthetics.

2. flannels

a. Outer clothing, especially trousers, made of this cloth.

b. Underclothing made of this cloth.

3. Flannelette.

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[Middle English, a kind of woolen cloth or garment, perhaps variant of flanyn, sackcloth, probably from Old French flaine, a kind of coarse wool.]

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flannel

Noun

1. Brit a small piece of towelling cloth used to wash the face

2. a soft light woollen fabric used for clothing

3. flannels trousers made of flannel

4. Brit informal evasive talk that avoids giving any commitment or direct answer

Verb

[-nelling, -nelled] or US [-neling, -neled]

Brit informal to flatter or talk evasively [Welsh gwlân wool]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flannel - a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing 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"
	2.	flannel - bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body face cloth, washcloth, washrag bath linen - linens for use in the bathroom
	3.	flannel - (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth gabardine, tweed, white trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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flannel

noun 1. (Informal) waffle, Brit. (informal) flattery, blarney, sweet talk U.S. (informal) baloney (informal) equivocation, hedging, prevarication, weasel words (informal), chiefly U.S. soft soap (informal)

verb 2. (Informal) prevaricate, hedge, flatter, waffle (informal), chiefly Brit. blarney, sweet-talk (informal) soft-soap (informal) equivocate, butter up, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes

Translations

flannel [ˈflænl] n (BRIT) (also: face flannel) → toallita;

(fabric) → franela;

flannels npl → pantalones mpl de franela

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flannel [ˈflænl] n (Brit) (also: face flannel) → gant m de toilette (= fabric); flanelle f;

(Brit) (inf) → baratin m;

flannels npl → pantalon m de flanelle

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flannel [ˈflænl] n → Flanell m;

(Brit) (also: face flannel) → Waschlappen m;

(000) (inf) → Geschwafel nt;

flannels npl (trousers) → Flanellhose f

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flannel [ˈflænl] n (BRIT) (also: face flannel) → guanto di spugna;

(fabric) → flanella;

flannels npl → pantaloni mpl di flanella