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clothes (KLOHZ) (noun)
Articles for personal apparel or household use: Lana's clothes were often made of cotton which meant that they could be used as cleaning rags when they were worn out.
cloths (KLAWTHS, KLAHTHS) (noun)
Soft pliable material made of woven or synthetic fabric often adapted for a particular purpose: The brightly colored cloths were used to decorate the pavilion for the fair.
Warren hung up the wash cloths on the line just before changing his clothes.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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“cloths”
1. A lightweight worsted fabric: Mrs. Smart looked for a dress made of zephyr cloth which would be good for the summer months.
2. A thin kind of cassimere (variant of "cashmere"): Zephyr cloth is made in Belgium and is a fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
2. A thin kind of cassimere (variant of "cashmere"): Zephyr cloth is made in Belgium and is a fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
A soft fabric made of this wool or of similar fibers. It is also a waterproof fabric of wool.
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zephyro-, zephyr-
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