broadcloth vs tissue

broadcloth

noun
  • A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend. 

  • A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide. 

tissue

noun
  • Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric. 

  • A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. 

  • The scratch sheet or racing form. 

  • Absorbent paper as material. 

  • A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job. 

  • Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series. 

  • A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. 

verb
  • To form tissue of; to interweave. 

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