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Textile |
Any material made of interlacing fibers |
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Fabric |
Any material made through various processes |
Weaving, knitting,crocheting or bonding |
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Cloth |
Refers to finish pieces of fabric used for different purposes |
Bed covers |
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Fiber |
Basic element of the textile, fine hair like strand that forms the basic of yarn |
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Staple fibers |
Short fibers, measured in cm or inches. All natural fibers, not silk |
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Filament fibers |
Long and continuous fibers, measured in m or yards. Synthetic fibers |
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Spinneret |
produce syntheic fibers by pushing through shower head like device |
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Yarn |
Formed by twisted fibers to create continuous strand |
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Spun yarn |
Composed of staple fibers twisted together |
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Filament yarn |
Composed of continuous strands made either from a spinneret generated synthetic fibers/silk |
Referred to aa bulked continuous filament and typically of nylon and polypropylene fibers |
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Cotton |
Widely used plant fiber, burns slowly and is most versatile/durable fibers |
Not growm on fertilizer/pesticides |
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Cotton fiber |
Used in apparel industry |
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Shiny cotton |
Processed version that resembles satin |
Green cotton |
