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oilcloth

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oil·cloth  (oilklôth, -klth)
n.
Fabric treated with clay, oil, and pigments to make it waterproof.
oilcloth [ˈɔɪlˌklɒθ]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) waterproof material made by treating one side of a cotton fabric with a drying oil, or a synthetic resin
2. another name for linoleum
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.oilcloth - cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
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"
Translations
oilcloth [ˈɔɪlklɒθ] N → hule m, encerado m
oilcloth [ˈɔɪlklɒθ]
n → toile f cirée
oil drum n → baril m de pétrole
oil embargo n → embargo m pétrolier
oilcloth [ˈɔɪlˌklɒθ] n → tela cerata
oilcloth [ˈɔɪlˌklɒθ] n → tela cerata


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A MINUTE afterwards Hunca Munca, his wife, put her head out, too; and when she saw that there was no one in the nursery, she ventured out on the oilcloth under the coal-box
The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context
Two half-grown boys and a girl stood holding oilcloth bundles, and a little girl clung to her mother's skirts.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
My mother pulled it up with impatience, and there lay before us, the last things in the chest, a bundle tied up in oilcloth, and looking like papers, and a canvas bag that gave forth, at a touch, the jingle of gold.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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