cloth

cloth
noun
, pl. cloths
1) Stoff, der; Tuch, das

cut one's coat according to one's cloth — (fig.) sich nach der Decke strecken (ugs.)

2) (piece of cloth) Tuch, das; (dish-cloth) Spültuch, das; (table-cloth) Tischtuch, das; [Tisch]decke, die; (duster) Staubtuch, das
* * *
[kloƟ]
plural - cloths; noun
((a piece of) woven material from which clothes and many other items are made: a tablecloth; a face-cloth; a floor-cloth; Woollen cloth is often more expensive than other cloths.) das Tuch, der Stoff
* * *
cloth
[klɒθ, AM klɑ:θ]
I. n
1. no pl (woven material) Tuch nt, Stoff m
2. (for cleaning) Wischtuch nt, Lappen m
dish\cloth Spültuch nt, Spüllappen m
3. (clergy) Geistlichkeit f
a man of the \cloth ein Geistlicher m
4.
to cut one's coat according to one's \cloth (prov) sich akk nach der Decke strecken
II. n modifier (tablecloth, bag, jacket) Stoff-
\cloth jacket Textiljacke f
* * *
[klɒɵ]
n
1) Tuch nt, Stoff m; (as book cover) Leinen nt

a nice piece of cloth —

cloth of gold — goldenes Tuch

2) (= dishcloth, tea cloth etc) Tuch nt; (for cleaning also) Lappen m; (= tablecloth) Tischdecke f, Tischtuch nt
3) no pl (ECCL)

a man of the cloth — ein geistlicher Herr

the cloth — der geistliche Stand, die Geistlichkeit

* * *
cloth [klɒθ; klɔːθ]
A pl cloths [-θs; -ðz] s
1. Tuch n, Gewebe n, (engS. Woll)Stoff m:
cloth of state Baldachin m, Thronhimmel m; academic.ru/13768/coat">coat A 1
2. Tuch n, Lappen m
3. (Tisch) Tuch n, (-)Decke f:
lay the cloth obs den Tisch decken;
remove the cloth obs (den Tisch) abdecken oder abräumen
4. (besonders geistliche) Tracht:
the cloth der geistliche Stand, die Geistlichkeit;
a man of the cloth ein Geistlicher
5. SCHIFF
a) Segeltuch n
b) Segel pl
6. pl THEAT Soffitten pl
7. Buchbinderei: Leinen n:
bound in cloth mit Leineneinband
B adj
1. aus Tuch
2. Buchbinderei: Leinen…:
cloth binding Leineneinband m
cl. abk
1. class
2. classification
3. clergyman
4. clerk
5. cloth
* * *
noun
, pl. cloths
1) Stoff, der; Tuch, das

cut one's coat according to one's cloth — (fig.) sich nach der Decke strecken (ugs.)

2) (piece of cloth) Tuch, das; (dish-cloth) Spültuch, das; (table-cloth) Tischtuch, das; [Tisch]decke, die; (duster) Staubtuch, das
* * *
n.
Leinen n.
Stoff -e m.
Tuch ¨-er n.

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