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Webster 1913 Edition


Tweed

Tweed

,
Noun.
[Probably a corruption of
twills
. See
Twill
.]
A soft and flexible fabric for men’s wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

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tweed

tweed

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English

Tweed

Noun

tweed (countable and uncountable, plural tweeds)

  1. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
    • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!:
      “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”

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Finnish

Etymology

< English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʋiːd/

Noun

tweed

  1. tweed (fabric)

Declension

Inflection of tweed (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative tweed tweedit
genitive tweedin tweedien
partitive tweediä tweedejä
illative tweediin tweedeihin
singular plural
nominative tweed tweedit
accusative nom. tweed tweedit
gen. tweedin
genitive tweedin tweedien
partitive tweediä tweedejä
inessive tweedissä tweedeissä
elative tweedistä tweedeistä
illative tweediin tweedeihin
adessive tweedillä tweedeillä
ablative tweediltä tweedeiltä
allative tweedille tweedeille
essive tweedinä tweedeinä
translative tweediksi tweedeiksi
instructive tweedein
abessive tweedittä tweedeittä
comitative tweedeineen

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twid/

Noun

tweed m (uncountable)

  1. tweed

Portuguese

Noun

tweed m (uncountable)

  1. tweed (coarse woolen fabric)