terry
A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
Noun 3 meanings
A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
Any makeshift cloth nappy folded from a large piece of absorbent fabric and held in place by a nappy pin or nappy fastener; a flat nappy.
A terrorist
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, possibly French tiré (“drawn out”), past participle of tirer (“to draw out”).
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TERRY at a glance
TERRY has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,718 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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