Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually cotton fabric that has a satinlike finish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fabric having a glossy surface, so called from its resemblance to satin; specifically, a kind of worsted goods much used for linings.
- noun A cotton fabric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth calledsatin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cotton fabric with a satiny finish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"We do the stretch sateen, which is a heavier woven fabric, and we usually accessorize with tights," she said.
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how could i? they're slick, pewter-colored "sateen" sheets, 230 thread count, 100% cotton and they look positively LAVISH with our maroon velvet comforter. god, it's gorgeous. and i deserve these sheets, dammit i do. since moriarty6 and i have lived together, we've had nothing but cheap-assed Tar-JHAY sheets that annually fall apart at the seams--and once in awhile, a woman who has already telefiled her tax return deserves something nice. she deserves new bedding.
Saturday pointlessness moriarty6 2004
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“Shabbat shalom,” responds the man, whose black sateen yarmulke stands up, tentlike, on his balding head.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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She was dressed in a midnight blue sateen slip, a school tie nicked from the single dad who'd recently fallen in love with her, and her blue patent-leather high-heeled Bally boots.
Baby Blue Penny Goring 2011
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"It does look like a Renaissance festival," the chic New Yorker laughed, commenting on the tattoos and the brightly colored sateen/polyester flouncy shirts that a team from Colby College sported.
Julia Plevin: For Recession-Chic, Look to the Woodsmen Julia Plevin 2010
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The original contraption was assembled from a tin soap box, a fan, a sateen pillow case and a broom handle called a "suction sweeper," according to its website.
Hoover, Dirt Devil Put on Auction Block Anupreeta Das 2011
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Nearly always wearing a little blouse with small tucks, fine linen and broderie anglaise, and sometimes a black sateen apron, her delicate feet clad in black boots with buttons.
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For 100-percent-cotton sateen and twill-weave sets, the top-scoring sheet has a claimed thread count of 1,000, though some 300-thread-count sheets were better than 400 - or 600-thread-count models.
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I have a beautiful grosgrain satin or sateen dress in a dove grey that my grandmother had made to wear to my mother's wedding in 1953.
Mary Kincaid: The Must-Have Summer Beach Read for Fashionistas 2010
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I have a beautiful grosgrain satin or sateen dress in a dove grey that my grandmother had made to wear to my mother's wedding in 1953.
Mary Kincaid: The Must-Have Summer Beach Read for Fashionistas 2010
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