Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a large number of warp and filling threads per square inch. Used of a woven fabric.
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Examples
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Celebrity Stylist Rachel Zoe selected the high-count cotton shirt as one of her most recent picks on her website: "A striking bleach-chic option with an exaggerated collar and plunging neckline, it is perfection."
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There's nothing like coming home to a reasonably clean room, and sinking in new, clean, high-count sheets I think the thread count was 400?
A Double Whammy of Trip and Snow Fatigue... Carrie 2010
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There's nothing like coming home to a reasonably clean room, and sinking in new, clean, high-count sheets I think the thread count was 400?
Archive 2010-02-01 Carrie 2010
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I still remember the day I found a set of 800-count, queen-sized blue sheets and matching pillow cases (and there will someday be a blog on the luxury of high-count sheets) that were just $20 because they had languished in the Basement for 42 days.
Shoe-a-Palooza | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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Here and there a woman would, between thumb and finger, test the cloth's high-count weave.
Soul of the Fire Goodkind, Terry 1999
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All the high-count locations are along city-designated bicycle routes that are marked with either on-street bike-only lanes, combination bus-bike lanes or as a shared route for vehicles and bikes depicted by bike symbols and chevron markings on the pavement.
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All the high-count locations are along city-designated bicycle routes that are marked with either on-street bike-only lanes, combination bus-bike lanes or as a shared route for vehicles and bikes depicted by bike symbols and chevron markings on the pavement.
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All the high-count locations are along city-designated bicycle routes that are marked with either on-street bike-only lanes, combination bus-bike lanes or as a shared route for vehicles and bikes depicted by bike symbols and chevron markings on the pavement.
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China Linen uses proprietary technologies for its high-count yarn spinning and low-cost raw materials for the flax fibers used in its yarns and linens.
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By utilizing multiple sensor systems (like a blind man listening and counting steps while using a cane uses two senses -- tactile and hearing -- to routinely navigate known and unknown environments) the GeckoNav's AI software architecture enables differing, high-count sensor systems synergy.
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