Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coarse, twilled cotton fabric, often blue, traditionally used for overalls and work clothes and now used for jeans and casual wear.
- noun Pants or another garment made of this fabric.
- noun A similar but finer fabric used in draperies and upholstery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colored twilled cotton material used largely for overalls.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
textile often made ofcotton with adistinct diagonal pattern .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- noun a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Soxx and the Blue Jeans because in the '60s, that's what we called denim pants.
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Soxx and the Blue Jeans because in the '60s, that's what we called denim pants.
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In the two years since it opened, this family-owned factory with 350 workers, has cornered nearly a quarter of the Argentine market in denim fabrics.
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Test car, a 2009 S with automatic transmission and lots of nickel-and-dime color and trim charges (such as $100 for getting the top in denim blue instead of some other color), came to $31,550.
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In the two years since it opened, this family-owned factory with 350 workers, has cornered nearly a quarter of the Argentine market in denim fabrics.
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In the two years since it opened, this family-owned factory with 350 workers, has cornered nearly a quarter of the Argentine market in denim fabrics.
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To the gardener who wants a dress suitable for this activity, you might like something in denim, chambree or cotton drill; these wear well and scrub up nicely, perhaps in a gardening-suitable colour.
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If you need something to wear in the garden, a skirt or dress made out of denim is ideal.
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I would be clad in denim and black and chains and I would rock your face.
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After changing his name from Gap Star G-Star jeans because of his international success, the brand has a name for himself by focusing on the use of RAW denim is unwashed and not that most jeans Denim from the first.
misterpolly commented on the word denim
The material used to make jeans (and other garments). From the French Coton de Nimes.
December 22, 2007
whichbe commented on the word denim
Demon Denim by George F Will
April 23, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word denim
See citation on serge de Nîmes.
April 18, 2011