Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several synthetic textile fibers produced by forcing a cellulose solution through fine spinnerets and solidifying the resulting filaments.
- n. A fabric so woven or knit.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A beam or ray.
- n. The radius of area of action (of a fort, a ship, an array, or a fleet).
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of raion.
- n. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
- n. obsolete A ray or beam.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Ray; beam.
- n. A synthetic fiber, made of thin filaments of regenerated cellulose, extruded from a solution of viscose. Called also
viscose fiber andviscose rayon fiber . - n. a textile fabric made from rayon{1}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a synthetic silklike fabric
Etymologies
- Perhaps from French rayon, ray of light (from its sheen), from rai, from Old French; see ray1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Also known to many designers as “art silk,” rayon is a semi-synthetic fabric that is a great alternative to silk.”
“The one major drawback of rayon is that it will wrinkle so it is better to use it on a surface that won’t have a lot of people lounging on it.”
“The same shallow thinking can be applied to rayon, which is a generic term for nearly any natural cellulose fiber that's processed to make fabrics.”
“No, it was really easier work on the nylon than it was on the rayon, because the rayon was a soft yarn and fussed up.”
“We ran a post back in 2007 asking the question Is Bamboo Clothing Truly Green?, where we referenced the chemical solvent used to make viscose (also known as rayon) from raw bamboo material.”
“US: Retailers warned for mislabelling rayon as "bamboo”
Daily apparel and textile news and comment - from just-style.com
“They were typically made of silk or artificial silk (now known as rayon), and after 1939 with nylon.”
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“Azerbaijani lands encircling Karabakh, seven administrative regions, called rayon, are under French occupation since 1993.”
“When companies sell products woven from man-made fibers, such as rayon, it is important that they accurately label and advertise those products—both with respect to the fibers they use and to the qualities those fibers possess, said David Vladeck, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, in the release.”
“As for wearing knit dresses with a bit of a tummy--I have a bit of a tummy and find I can wear knit dresses in a drapey knit fabric such as rayon lycra if the dresses are fitted at the top and a-line in the skirt with perhaps a midriff band and/or ties at the waist.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rayon’.
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Not in the Periodic Table
Words that sound like they might be the names of elements of the periodic table, but that aren't. Many of the words listed here were actually proposed as names for substances their creators thought...
tentorium, columbarium, nasturtium, deuterium, caladium, valerian, concordium, synangium, chorium, geranium, hymenium, pyrenium and 310 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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rays & x-rays
raised rays
cow-nosed ray, x-ray, roentgenogram, radiogram, sunray, tomograph, whipparee, oxeye, thulium, raster, moonbeam, robinia and 86 more...
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Malachi_Constant's Words
triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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French words in German language
words and phrases with french background commonly used in the german language, so-called "Gallizismen"
trottoir, paravent, rayon, perron, fauteuil, garage, arrangement, etablissement, portemonnaie, parterre, coupé, voliere and 123 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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zetadiction
words that embody life
hydrae, kleptocracy, curmudgeon, wordie, risotto, qi, pulchritudinous, micropolitan, schadenfreude, neolithic, experimentalist, zeta and 477 more...
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the worshipful company of haberdashers
NB: this list being not limited to haberdashery in the strictest sense, but also including items of the milliner's trade, the mercer's trade, and the tailor's trade, it is to be noted that I just r...
button, ribbon, damask, silk, satin, wool, gabardine, felt, trilby, haberdashery, velvet, linen and 138 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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yardage
types of fabric
cotton, wool, silk, linen, rayon, nylon, spandex, lycra, lurex, goretex, challis, brocade and 77 more...
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Handspinning Words
Words relating to the gentle art of making yarn.
spinning, spin, span, spun, spinning wheel, spinning jenny, cards, carding, rolag, top, sliver, batt and 68 more...
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the dressing room - seamstress and ta...
suede, tweed, corduroy, tulle, denim, taffeta, taffeta, nylon, lace, twill, pattern, velour and 53 more...
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Fabrications
cotton, wool, silk, polyester, microfiber, corduroy, flannel, gabardine, quilt, linen, tapestry, nylon and 65 more...
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synthetic fibres, synthetic names
like the names of pharmaceuticals, whether trademarked or generic, there's a certain aesthetic—with a slight nod to the chemical—to these varied terms you might find on your laundry labels
nylon, terylene, dacron, lycra, rayon, viscose, tencel, modal
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ruzuzu "The radius of area of action (of a fort, a ship, an array, or a fleet)."
--Cent. Dict. Aug 15, 2012