spun rayon

spun rayon
noun
: a yarn or fabric made wholly or chiefly of rayon staple

butcher linen made of spun rayon

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1. yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
2. a fabric woven from this yarn.
[1925-30]

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spun rayon,
1. any one of various rayon fabrics made to resemble linen, wool, cotton, or silk.
2. the yarn, made from rayon, used for these.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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