DENIM
What does "DENIM" mean?
A sturdy cotton twill fabric, typically blue, used to make jeans and workwear.
Meanings
- A hard-wearing cotton twill textile, classically indigo-dyed, used for jeans and jackets. She patched the worn knee of her jeans with a square of darker denim.
- Clothing made from this fabric, especially jeans, considered as a category. The dress code relaxed once they allowed denim on Fridays. informal
Did you know?
- Denim is geography in disguise: the word is a worn-down piece of the French 'serge de Nîmes' — a cloth named for the southern city of Nîmes.
Word origin
From French 'serge de Nîmes', a serge fabric from the city of Nîmes; English contracted 'de Nîmes' into 'denim'.
Remember it
DENIM hides 'de Nîmes' — the French city the cloth is literally named after.
A little poem
Indigo softens-
each wash steals a little blue
and leaves you its map.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the jeans break up with the corduroy? It wanted something less needy and more de-Nîmes.
What it teaches
The toughest things wear in, not out: friction that would ruin lesser cloth only makes denim yours.
Quick facts
What does DENIM mean?
A sturdy cotton twill fabric, typically blue, used to make jeans and workwear.
Is DENIM a valid word?
Yes — DENIM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DENIM?
DENIM has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DENIM come from?
From French 'serge de Nîmes', a serge fabric from the city of Nîmes; English contracted 'de Nîmes' into 'denim'.
What can DENIM teach us?
The toughest things wear in, not out: friction that would ruin lesser cloth only makes denim yours.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.