English-Thai Dictionary

flannel

N คำพูด เหลาะแหละ  คำ พูดเหลวไหล  waffle humbug kam-phud-lor-lae

 

flannel

N ผ้า สักหลาด อ่อน  pa-sak-ka-lad-on

 

flannel

SL เรื่องไร้สาระ  ruang-rai-sa-ra

 

flannel

VT คลุม ด้วย ผ้า สักหลาด  สวม ด้วย ผ้า สักหลาด  klum-duai-pa-sak-ka-lad

 

flannelette

N ผ้า สำลี  ผ้า สักหลาด ด้าน เดียว  flannelet

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLANNEL

n.[L. lana. ] A soft nappy woolen cloth of loose texture.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLANNEL

Flan "nel, n. Etym: [F. flanelle, cf. OF. flaine a pillowcase, a mattress; fr. W. gwlanen flannel, fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. Wool. ]

 

Defn: A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. Shak. Adam's flannel. (Bot. ) See under Adam. -- Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

 

FLANNELED

FLANNELED Flan "neled, a.

 

Defn: Covered or wrapped in flannel.

 

FLANNEL FLOWER

FLANNEL FLOWER Flan "nel flow `er. (Bot. ) (a ) The common mullein. (b ) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine (Macrosiphonia longiflora ) having woolly leaves. (c ) An umbelliferous Australian flower (Actinotus helianthi ), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flannel

flan nel |ˈflanl ˈflænl | ▶noun 1 a kind of soft-woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised: [ as modifier ] : my longest, thickest flannel nightgown. • (flannels ) men's trousers made of such material. • short for flannelette. 2 Brit. a washcloth. 3 Brit. informal 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. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Welsh gwlanen ‘woolen article, ’ from gwlân ‘wool. ’

 

flannelboard

flan nel board |ˈflanlˌbôrd ˈflænlˌbɔrd | ▶noun a board covered with flannel to which paper or cloth cutouts will stick, used as a toy or a teaching aid.

 

flannel cake

flan nel cake ▶noun dialect a pancake.

 

flannelette

flan nel ette |ˌflanlˈet flænəˈlet | ▶noun a napped cotton fabric resembling flannel: [ as modifier ] : a flannelette nightdress.

 

flannelled

flannelled |ˈflan (ə )ld |(US also flanneled ) ▶adjective [ usu. in combination ] wearing flannel trousers: a rather stout boy, grey-flannelled, pulling off a school cap.

 

flannelmouth

flan nel mouth |ˈflanlˌmouTH ˈflænlmaʊθ | ▶noun informal a person who talks too much, esp. in a boastful or deceitful way.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flannel

flan |nel |ˈflan (ə )l | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a kind of soft woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised: [ as modifier ] : a check flannel shirt. • (flannels ) men's trousers made of flannel. • short for flannelette. 2 Brit. a small piece of towelling used for washing oneself. 3 [ mass noun ] Brit. informal 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. ▶verb ( flannels, flannelling, flannelled ) [ no obj. ] (often as noun flannelling ) Brit. informal use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Welsh gwlanen ‘woollen article ’, from gwlân ‘wool ’.

 

flannelboard

flan ¦nel |board |ˈflan (ə )lbɔːd | ▶noun a board covered with flannel to which paper or cloth cut-outs will stick, used as a toy or a teaching aid.

 

flannel cake

flan nel cake ▶noun dialect a pancake.

 

flannelette

flannelette |ˌflanəˈlɛt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a napped cotton fabric resembling flannel: [ as modifier ] : a flannelette nightdress.

 

flannelgraph

flan ¦nel |graph |ˈflan (ə )lgrɑːf | ▶noun another term for flannelboard.

 

flannelled

flannelled |ˈflan (ə )ld |(US also flanneled ) ▶adjective [ usu. in combination ] wearing flannel trousers: a rather stout boy, grey-flannelled, pulling off a school cap.

 

flannelmouth

flannel |mouth ▶noun N. Amer. informal a person who talks too much, especially in a boastful or deceitful way.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flannel

flannel noun 1 Brit. she dabbed her face with a cold flannel: facecloth, cloth; N. Amer. washcloth, washrag; Austral. washer. 2 Brit. informal don't accept any flannel from salespeople: smooth talk, flattery, blarney, blandishments, honeyed words; prevarication, hedging, equivocation, evasion, double-talk, doublespeak; nonsense, rubbish; informal spiel, soft soap, sweet talk, buttering up, weasel words, baloney, rot, waffle, hot air, poppycock, tripe, bosh, bunk; Irish informal codology; Austral. /NZ informal guyver, smoodging. ANTONYMS straight-talking. ▶verb Brit. informal she can tell if you're flannelling: use flattery, talk blarney, flatter, pull the wool over someone's eyes; prevaricate, hedge, equivocate, be evasive, vacillate, blather, evade /dodge the issue, stall; Brit. hum and haw; informal waffle, shilly-shally, soft-soap, sweet-talk, butter someone up, pussyfoot around; N. Amer. informal fast-talk; rare tergiversate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flannel

flan nel /flǽn (ə )l /名詞 1 U フランネル, フラノ .2 C ｟英 ｠浴用タオル (｟米 ｠washcloth ).3 U ｟英 くだけて ｠ナンセンス, たわごと .4 ｟主に英 ｠〖～s 〗フラノ製パンツ [ズボン ].動詞 自動詞 ｟英 ｠言い繕う .

 

flannelet(te)

flan nel et (te )/flæ̀n (ə )lét /名詞 U 綿ネル .