plain weave

Questions about plain weave

What is another word for plain weave?

It depends which plain weave you mean. In the sense “a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect”, the synonyms are taffeta weave. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of plain weave?

WordNet records no antonym for plain weave. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for plain weave come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of plain weave

• Full entry for plain weaveAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for plain weaveWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.