Tissue Meaning
/ˈtɪs.juː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
nounA fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
Sentence Examples
I think I'm gonna sneeze. Give me a tissue.
Muscle tissue consists of innumerable cells.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She grabbed a soft ____ from the box to wipe her tears.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please could you give me a soft ____ so that I can wipe the small smudge off my glasses today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Madame Legarde, the "glass of fashion and the nurse of form," (alias the most fashionable of milliners,) has comfortably assured me, "that my figure has great merit, and only requires cultivation:" this is to be done by tissues, brocades, and laces, which are now scattered round me in charming confusion."
— 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66:
"The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 214:
"A Robe of Tiſſue, ſtiff with golden Wire; / An upper Veſt, once Hellen’s rich Attire; [...]"
— 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 228, lines 915–916:
"In their glittering tissues bear emblazed / Holy memorials."
— 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"Corinius went on the right, wearing a rich cloak of sky-blue tissue over his shining armour."
— 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 20:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She grabbed a soft ____ from the box to wipe her tears.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please could you give me a soft ____ so that I can wipe the small smudge off my glasses today.