batik
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
/bəˈtiːk/
Definition of batik
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
“There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking combination.”
“Look at her, whirling around the compound wearing batik shorts and a cotton shirt, her long black hair braided into two arcs fastened with colored bands, her teeth gleaming and one slipper broken.”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
“There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking combination.”
“Look at her, whirling around the compound wearing batik shorts and a cotton shirt, her long black hair braided into two arcs fastened with colored bands, her teeth gleaming and one slipper broken.”
verb
- To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Javanese bathik.
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