satin

1. 1.

   a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

   Broaderfabric

Other forms of satin

plural

satins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about satin

What does satin mean?

satin means "a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back".

How many syllables are in satin?

satin has 2 syllables: sat-in. The stress falls on "sat". In IPA it is /ˈsætən/.

Is satin a common word?

satin is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.