Muslin vs. Linen

Muslinnoun

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

Muslinnoun

(US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.

Muslinnoun

Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.

Muslinnoun

(US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.

Muslinnoun

(countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.

Muslinnoun

Any of several different moths.

Muslinnoun

A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven as percale.

Muslinnoun

plain-woven cotton fabric

Muslinnoun

lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave

Muslinnoun

a hemmed square of lightweight cotton cloth used to wipe up regurgitated milk when feeding or winding a baby

Muslin

Muslin () is a cotton fabric of plain weave. It is made in a wide range of weights from delicate sheers to coarse sheeting.

Linennoun

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

Linennoun

(countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

Linennoun

A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

Linenadjective

Made from linen cloth or thread.

Linenadjective

Having the colour linen, light beige.

Linenadjective

Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.

Linenadjective

Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Linennoun

Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; - used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens

Linennoun

Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

Linennoun

a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant

Linennoun

a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

Linennoun

white goods or clothing made with linen cloth

Linennoun

cloth woven from flax

Linennoun

articles such as sheets or clothes made, or originally made, of linen

Linen

Linen () is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong, absorbent, and dries faster than cotton.