Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: flannel
IPA transcription: [fl'ænəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flannel
    Meaning: a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
Usage examples
  • Boil the whole together twenty minutes, then strain it through a flannel bag.
  • Then the flannel was burned. It made a gay flame, which delighted the Phoenix and the Lamb.
  • "My dear child, I know a flannel undershirt when I see one, just as well as you do," she declared.
  • I had forgotten all about him. It was Tom who coined the name for him because he was made of Canton flannel."
  • Mrs. Hall's gift was a warm and very pretty woollen wrapper of dark blue flannel, with a pair of soft knitted slippers to match.
  • The boys wore shoe-packs, blue flannel shirts with enormous pearl buttons, and mackinaws of crimson, lemon yellow, and foxy brown.
  • Now he had on a bright red flannel shirt--his tastes in costume seemed a trifle lurid--the sleeves of which were turned up above the elbows.
  • Daintily fitted up rowboats with soft-cushioned seats, the ladies in their bright summer dresses, with parasols of gay colours; the men in white flannel suits and straw hats.
  • As his vessel drew nearer, we saw a red flannel cap which he had on fall from his head into the water; but of this he took little or no notice, continuing his odd smiles and gesticulations.
  • Buck Patterson, tall, muscular, and solemn-faced, with his bright "City Marshal" badge shining on the breast of his blue flannel shirt, gave his posse directions for the onslaught upon Calliope.