batik

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ba·tik /bəˈtiːk, ˈbætɪk/ noun  1. [uncountable]TIMTIC a way of printing coloured patterns on cloth that involves putting wax over some parts of the cloth 蜡染法2. [countable, uncountable]TIM cloth that has been coloured in this way 蜡染布

Examples from the Corpus

batik• Roma Ryan tells me she was a visual artist - she specialised in batik before she met Nicholas and produced a family.• Jay unpinned the batik, unscrewed the lock and pushed the window up.Origin batik (1800-1900) Malay Javanese, “painted”

ba·tik nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus on way of cloth coloured printing a patterns

batik
ba‧tik /bəˈtiːk, ˈbætɪk/ noun1. [uncountable] a way of printing coloured patterns on cloth that involves putting wax over some parts of the cloth
2. [uncountable and countable] cloth that has been coloured in this way

batikBrE /bəˈtiːk/ 🔊NAmE /bəˈtiːk/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] a method of printing patterns on cloth using wax (= a solid substance made from fat or oil) on the parts that will not have any colour; a piece of cloth printed in this way 巴蒂克印花法；蜡防印花法；蜡染；蜡防印花布