viscose
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈvɪskəʊs/
Definition of viscose
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
“Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous)”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
“Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous)”
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(countable, uncountable)A fabric made from this material.
“Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.”
“Here you are […] in your favourite viscose shirt and palazzo pants.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous.
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