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Jute

Jute

(jūt)
,
Noun.
[Hind.
jūt
, Skr.
jūṭa
matted hair; cf.
jaṭa
matted hair, fibrous roots.]
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian
Corchorus olitorius
, and
Corchorus capsularis
; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.

Definition 2024


Jute

Jute

See also: jute, juté, and jûte

English

Noun

Jute (plural Jutes)

  1. A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually either consumed culturally or driven out of the island.

Translations

jute

jute

See also: Jute, juté, and jûte

English

Noun

jute (uncountable)

  1. The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plant, Corchorus olitorius, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
  2. The plants from which this fibre is obtained.

Translations


French

Verb

jute

  1. first-person singular present indicative of juter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of juter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of juter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of juter
  5. second-person singular imperative of juter

Anagrams


Italian

Noun

jute f

  1. plural of juta

Latin

Participle

jūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of jūtus