pongee

pon·gee  (pn-j, pnj)

n.

A soft thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk or an imitation thereof.

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[Chinese (Mandarin) bn zh, homemade fabric : bn, root, original, one's own + zh, to weave, spin.]

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pongee [pɒnˈdʒiː ˈpɒndʒiː]

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a thin plain-weave silk fabric from China or India, left in its natural colour

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a cotton or rayon fabric similar to or in imitation of this, but not necessarily in the natural colour

[from Mandarin Chinese (Peking) pen-chī woven at home, on one's own loom, from pen own + chi loom]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pongee - a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation) 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"