Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grasscloth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
grass-cloth
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various coarse cloths, the fibre of which is rarely that of a grass; especially, the Chinese summer-cloth made from ramie, Boehmeria nivea, properly a nettle.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From grass + cloth.

Usage

Inflected Forms

grasscloths (plural)

Questions

What does grasscloth mean?
A wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses.
Where does grasscloth come from?
From grass + cloth.

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