denim

CEFRB1

/ˈdɛnɪm/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Strong cotton cloth commonly used to make jeans.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

Examples

  • I've been wearing this denim jacket for 15 years now.

  • Jeans manufacturers make denim bluer with indigo dye.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

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In context

  • Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;

  • The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.

  • Indigo, a typical member of this group of dyes, is widely used on denims and other fabrics for work clothes because of its very low cost and excellent fastness to washing.

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Origin

noun

From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.