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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryflannel
Definition
- : a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface: a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel: a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side
- flannels plural: flannel underwear: outer garments of flannelespecially : men's trousers
- British : washcloth
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
adulation blarney butter flattery incense overpraise soft soap sweet talk taffyExamples
- //shirts made of bright-colored flannel
- //He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels.
First Known Use
1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garmentflannel
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
British
- excessive praise //the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it isRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense //the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel
flannel
Definition
- : a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface: a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel: a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side
- flannels plural: flannel underwear: outer garments of flannelespecially : men's trousers
- British : washcloth
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
adulation blarney butter flattery incense overpraise soft soap sweet talk taffyExamples
- //shirts made of bright-colored flannel
- //He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels.
First Known Use
1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garmentflannel
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
British
- excessive praise //the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it isRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense //the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel
flannel
Definition
- : a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface: a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel: a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side
- flannels plural: flannel underwear: outer garments of flannelespecially : men's trousers
- British : washcloth
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
adulation blarney butter flattery incense overpraise soft soap sweet talk taffyExamples
- //shirts made of bright-colored flannel
- //He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels.
First Known Use
1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garmentflannel
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
British
- excessive praise //the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it isRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense //the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel
flannel
Definition
- : a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface: a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel: a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side
- flannels plural: flannel underwear: outer garments of flannelespecially : men's trousers
- British : washcloth
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
adulation blarney butter flattery incense overpraise soft soap sweet talk taffyExamples
- //shirts made of bright-colored flannel
- //He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels.
First Known Use
1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garmentflannel
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
British
- excessive praise //the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it isRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense //the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel
flannel
Definition
- : a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface: a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel: a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side
- flannels plural: flannel underwear: outer garments of flannelespecially : men's trousers
- British : washcloth
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
adulation blarney butter flattery incense overpraise soft soap sweet talk taffyExamples
- //shirts made of bright-colored flannel
- //He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels.
First Known Use
1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garmentflannel
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
British
- excessive praise //the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it isRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense //the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel
flannel
Definition
- : a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface: a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel: a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side
- flannels plural: flannel underwear: outer garments of flannelespecially : men's trousers
- British : washcloth
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
adulation blarney butter flattery incense overpraise soft soap sweet talk taffyExamples
- //shirts made of bright-colored flannel
- //He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels.
First Known Use
1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garmentflannel
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
British
- excessive praise //the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it isRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense //the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel