tissue
Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
Noun 4 meanings
Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
Absorbent paper as material.
Verb 2 meanings
To form tissue of; to interweave.
To have the contents of an injection or intravenous drip leak into the tissue as a result of a ruptured or punctured vein.
Etymology
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).
TISSUE at a glance
TISSUE has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (T 1 + I 1 + S 1 + S 1 + U 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,115 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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