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English

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ætɪn|-ætɪn

Adjective

Smooth and shiny, glossy. Particularly describing a type of paint.

Noun

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

Translations

German: Satin

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Satin \Sat"in\, n. [F. satin (cf. Pg. setim), fr. It. setino,
from seta silk, L. saeta, seta, a thick, stiff hair, a
bristle; or possibly ultimately of Chinese origin; cf. Chin.
sz-t["u]n, sz-twan. Cf. Sateen.]
A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof,
which has a glossy surface.
[1913 Webster]

Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue. --Chaucer.
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Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff,
woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes.

Farmer's satin. See under Farmer.

Satin bird (Zool.), an Australian bower bird. Called also
satin grackle.

Satin flower (Bot.) See Honesty, 4.

Satin spar. (Min.)
(a) A fine fibrous variety of calcite, having a pearly
luster.
(b) A similar variety of gypsum.

Satin sparrow (Zool.), the shining flycatcher ({Myiagra
nitida}) of Tasmania and Australia. The upper surface of
the male is rich blackish green with a metallic luster.

Satin stone, satin spar.
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WordNet satin
n : a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a
dull back

Moby Dictionary
alabaster , attenuate , attenuated , billiard table , blubber ,
bowling alley , bowling green , breeze , butter , clay , cushion ,
daintiness , dainty , delicacy , delicate , dough , down , downiness ,
downy , eiderdown , feather bed , feathers , filminess , filmy , fine ,
fine-drawn , fine-grained , fine-grainedness , fineness , finespun ,
flat , fleece , floss , flue , fluff , fluffiness , fluffy , foam , fuzz ,
fuzziness , fuzzy , gauzy , glass , gossamer , gossameriness , gossamery ,
ice , ivory , kapok , level , mahogany , marble , peach fuzz , pillow ,
plane , plush , pubescence , pubescent , pudding , puff , putty , refined ,
refinement , rubber , satininess , satiny , silk , silkiness , silky ,
slide , smooth , smoothness , softness , swansdown , tennis court ,
thin-spun , thistledown , velutinous , velvet , velvetiness , velvety ,
wax , wiredrawn , wool , zephyr