calico
A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often…A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
» Ziri had a fat calico cat.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
Kattun, Kaliko
си́тецsítec, коленко́рkolenkór, митка́льmitkálʹ
си́тецьsýtecʹ
coarse cloth with a bright print
(uncountable)The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.
Examples
5 sentencesZiri had a fat calico cat.
Tom's cat is a calico.
I saw her little calico dress, her little brown bare feet, the ringlets of yellow hair hung about her cheeks.
The gingham dog and the calico cat Side by side on the table sat.
The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow!" And the calico cat replied "mee-ow!"
Translations
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Forms
plural: calicos / calicoesWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable