flannel
Meaning of flannel
noun
- a kind of soft woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised.
a check flannel shirt
- a small piece of towelling used for washing oneself.
- bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly.
a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel
- use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly.
he apologised for the situation and then flannelled on about ramping up production
Middle English: probably from Welsh gwlanen ‘woollen article’, from gwlân ‘wool’.
Information about flannel
- The plural form of flannel is: flannels.
- Languages in which flannel is used:
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Hyphenation of flannel
flan-nel
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- flannel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
flannel synonyms
Meaning washcloth:
Meaning gabardine:
Meaning a small towelling cloth for washing one's face:
Meaning a piece of cloth for cleaning or covering something, e.g. a dishcloth or a tablecloth:
Meaning a person or device that washes something:
Meaning excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one's own interests:
Meaning talk which aims to charm, flatter, or persuade (often considered typical of Irish people):
Meaning a flattering or pleasing statement or action used as a means of gently persuading someone to do something:
Meaning the planting or trimming of hedges:
Meaning the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication:
Meaning the action of evading something:
Meaning deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language:
Meaning spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense:
Meaning waste material; refuse or litter:
Meaning an elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson:
Meaning foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense:
Meaning nonsense:
Meaning nonsense; rubbish:
Meaning a narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other:
Meaning lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing:
Meaning the process of decaying:
Meaning behave in an ingratiating manner:
Meaning lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests:
Meaning speak or act in an evasive way:
Meaning surround with a hedge:
Meaning use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself:
Meaning waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive:
Meaning talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense:
Meaning (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine:
Meaning make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate:
Translation of flannel
- French: flanelle, débarbouillette
- German: Flanell
- Italian: flanella, salvietta, pezzuola
- Spanish: franela
Anagrams of flannel
Words that rhyme with flannel
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