viscose en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- vĭsʹkōs
- /ˈvɪskəʊs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous)
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(countable, uncountable) A fabric made from this material.
Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.
2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:Here you are […] in your favourite viscose shirt and palazzo pants.
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| viscoses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
material · liquid · fabric · material · stuff · stuff · substance
Relateds
collodion · visco- · viscoidal · viscosity · viscoid · viscous
Synonyms
Translations (18)
nl viscose (liquid) · pt viscose (fabric) · fr viscose (fabric) · it viscosa (liquid) · sv viskos (fabric) · cs viskóza (fabric) · bg вискоза (fabric) · it viscosa (fabric) · ga vioscós (fabric) · pl wiskoza (liquid) · fi viskoosi (fabric) · et viskoos (fabric) · fi viskoosi (liquid) · cs viskóza (liquid) · nl viscose (fabric) · es viscosa (fabric) · ca viscosa (liquid) · fi viskoosikuitu (fabric)