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PERCALE

Dictionary entry overview: What does percale mean?

• PERCALE (noun)
The noun PERCALE has 1 sense:

1. a fine closely woven cotton fabric

Familiarity information: PERCALE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERCALE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A fine closely woven cotton fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("percale" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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