Definition of linen Linen
/lɪˈnʌn/ - [linun] - lin•en
We found 14 definitions of linen from 7 different sources.
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What does linen mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: linens |
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| linen - white goods or clothing made with linen cloth | ||
| household linen, white goods drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth | ||
| bath linen linens for use in the bathroom | ||
| bed linen linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) | ||
| doily, doyley, doyly a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl | ||
| linen - a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant | ||
| 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" | ||
| linen - a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish | ||
| linen paper | ||
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Wiktionary 
- linen (Noun)
Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. - linen (Noun)
Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, under clothes , etc. , that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens. - linen (Noun)
A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- linen (n.)
Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking. - linen (n.)
Resembling linen cloth; white; pale. - linen (n.)
Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc. - linen (n.)
Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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linen
A material made from the fibers of the flax plant.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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linen
lin′en, n. cloth made of lint or flax: underclothing, particularly that made of linen: articles of linen, or of linen and cotton—table-linen, bed-linen, body-linen.—adj. made of flax: resembling linen cloth.—n. Lin′en-drap′er, a merchant who deals in linens. [Properly an adj. with suffix -en—A.S. lín—L. linum, flax; Gr. linon.]
Wikipedia 
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Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant ("Linum usitatissimum"). It is usually used to make cloth.
It is often used in the creation of light clothing and table coverings.
History.
The flax plant is one of the plants humans have grown and used. Linen cloth was already made at least 6,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia. This makes linen one of the oldest fibers and cloths used by humans, beside wool and hemp. Linen and hemp were the most important fiber plants in Europe for a long time. Linen was for example also used to wrap Egyptian mummies.
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🔤- linen, noun, singular of linens.
- linen, adjective.
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