LINEN
What does "LINEN" mean?
A strong, cool fabric woven from the fibers of the flax plant.
Meanings
- Cloth made from spun flax fibers, valued for its strength and coolness. He wore a crisp linen suit in the summer heat.
- Household articles such as sheets, tablecloths, and towels, originally made of linen. She changed the bed linen every Sunday.
Did you know?
- Linen is one of the oldest known textiles: dyed wild flax fibres found in Dzudzuana Cave in Georgia have been dated to roughly 30,000 years ago.
- The word 'line' comes from linen: ancient builders stretched a linen (flax) thread to mark a straight edge, so the thread's name became the word for straightness itself.
Word origin
From Old English 'linen', the adjective from 'lin', meaning flax, related to Latin 'linum'; the same root gives us 'line', 'lining', and 'lingerie'.
Remember it
LINEN gives us 'line' - a stretched linen thread was the original straight line.
A little poem
Flax beaten to thread-
cool against the August skin,
creased like an honest map.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why does linen always tell the truth about your day? Every wrinkle is on the record.
What it teaches
What wrinkles honestly outlasts what stays smooth by pretending; linen shows its life and survives it.
Quick facts
What does LINEN mean?
A strong, cool fabric woven from the fibers of the flax plant.
Is LINEN a valid word?
Yes — LINEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LINEN?
LINEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LINEN come from?
From Old English 'linen', the adjective from 'lin', meaning flax, related to Latin 'linum'; the same root gives us 'line', 'lining', and 'lingerie'.
What can LINEN teach us?
What wrinkles honestly outlasts what stays smooth by pretending; linen shows its life and survives it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.