textile

Phonetic

US /ˈtekstaɪl/UK /ˈtekstaɪl/

NOUNAny material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles., A non-nudist.

ADJClothing compulsive.

“The textile industry in China is basically stagnant and downsizing,” she said.
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The narrow alleyways of Haizhu district have long beckoned to China’s strivers, people like Xie Pan, a textile worker from a mountainous tea-growing area in central China
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Chinese couple shot dead in Rome in mafia-style assassination linked to textile industry turf war
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Pam Jiang, a sales assistant at Fashiontex International Limited, a textile company with roughly 150 employees in Jiangsu Province, one of China’s main fabric manufacturing hubs, said the domestic textile industry is pulling back on investments in facilities.
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We tested the Arden’s moisture-wicking ability by dribbling a half teaspoon of water onto the lining (this test was suggested by Min Zhu, an assistant professor of textile development and marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, who spoke about performance fabrics with the writer of our sports bra guide).
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