noun [U]
1 a fabric made from FLAX, used to make high quality clothes, sheets, etc:
a linen shirt / tablecloth
2 sheets, TABLECLOTHS, PILLOWCASES, etc. made of linen or cotton: (BrE) a linen cupboard * (AmE) a linen closet
seealsoBEDLINEN
IDIOMS see WASHv.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for linen is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does linen appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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