Definition of calico Calico
/kæˈlʌkowˌ/ - [katlukow] - cal•i•co
We found 10 definitions of calico from 5 different sources.
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What does calico mean?
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NounPlural: calicoes |
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| calico - coarse cloth with a bright print | ||
| cloth, textile, fabric, material artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" | ||
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| calico - made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; "calico dresses"; "a calico cat" | ||
| calico - having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" | ||
| motley, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured | ||
| colorful, colored, coloured having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- calico (Noun)
A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern. - calico (Adjective)
Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- calico (n.)
Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc. - calico (n.)
Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern. - calico (a.)
Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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calico
kal′i-kō, n. a cotton cloth, first brought from Calicut in India: plain white unprinted cotton cloth, bleached or unbleached: coarse printed cotton cloth.—adj. made of calico: spotted—n. Cal′ico-print′er, one employed in printing calicoes
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