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UNWOVEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unwoven mean? 

UNWOVEN (adjective)
  The adjective UNWOVEN has 1 sense:

1. not wovenplay

  Familiarity information: UNWOVEN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNWOVEN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not woven

Context example:

tapa cloth is an unwoven fabric made by pounding bark into a thin sheet

Similar:

felted (made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure)

knitted (made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving)

Antonym:

woven (made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole)


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