Synonyms for linen
ˈlɪn ənlinen

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1. linennoun

   a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant

   Synonyms:
   linen paper

2. linen, linen papernoun

   a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

   Synonyms:
   linen paper

3. linennoun

   white goods or clothing made with linen cloth

   Synonyms:
   linen paper

Matched Categories

1. • Fabric
   • Paper
   • White Goods

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. linennoun

   Synonyms:
   cloth of flax, flaxen fabric

2. linennoun

   Synonyms:
   under garments

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1. linennoun

   Synonyms:
   napery, lingerie, damask

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1. List of paraphrases for "linen":

   flax, laundry, lingerie, bedding, lin, linge, flaxseed, whatnot, linseed, clothing, cloth, lenin

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1. Perry Brass:

   The Egyptians had a particularly nasty way of getting rid of people they felt had no consequence. Instead of embalming them, they simply constructed a fake mummy made from old strips of linen wrapped around a dummy of mud. If, in our modern world, you feel that there are a lot of “mud mummies” around you, get rid of the mud.

2. Nick Littlehales:

   They were looking at recovery as a big issue and decided that my approach made a lot of sense to not only them but also the individual riders, we created a sleep kit, which is a replication of the ideal layers -- pillow, duvet, linen -- all put together to allow a small group of staff to go into the hotel and unzip Bradley's bag, he sleeps in it, they zip it back up and take it to the next hotel.

3. Ayla Antoniazzi:

   Before bringing my kids back home, I washed all the linen and a bunch of clothes, cleaned surfaces and aired the house out, but the next day when they woke up, they were n’t themselves. My oldest had a rash on her face. The youngest did too but not as bad. The 2-year-old was holding her eye and complaining that her eye was hurting. She was very lethargic, so I took them back to my parents ’ home.

4. Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven:

   And in that line now was a whiskered old man, with a linen cap and a crooked nose, who waited in a place called the Stardust Band Shell to share his part of the secret of heaven: that each affects the other and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.