calico

cal·i·co

 (kăl′ĭ-kō′)

n. pl. cal·i·coes or cal·i·cos

1.

a. A tightly woven cotton cloth having a repeating, often floral design.

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

2. An animal, such as a cat, having a coat of white fur with distinct patches of different colors, usually reddish-orange and black.

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[After Calicut.]

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cal′i·co adj.

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calico

(ˈkælɪˌkəʊ)

n, pl -coes or -cos

1. (Textiles) a white or unbleached cotton fabric with no printed design

2. (Textiles) chiefly US a coarse printed cotton fabric

3. (Textiles) (modifier) made of calico

[C16: based on Calicut, town in India]

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cal•i•co

(ˈkæl ɪˌkoʊ)

n., pl. -coes, -cos,
adj. n.

1. a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usu. on one side.

2. Brit. plain white cotton cloth.

3. an animal having a spotted or particolored coat.

adj.

4. made of calico.

5. mottled or variegated in color.

6. (of a domestic cat) having a variegated white, black, red, and cream coat.

[1495–1505; short for Calico cloth]

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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" multicolor, multi-color, multicolored, multi-colored, multicolour, multi-colour, multicoloured, multi-coloured, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, motley, painted 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"

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Translations

коленкорколенкоровый

calico

[ˈkælɪkəʊ]

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

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

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calico

[ˈkælɪkəʊ] n

(British) → calicot m

(US) → indienne f

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calico

n → Kattun m

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calico

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

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