BATIK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does batik mean? 

• BATIK (noun)
  The noun BATIK has 1 sense:

1. a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted

  Familiarity information: BATIK used as a noun is very rare.

• BATIK (verb)
  The verb BATIK has 1 sense:

1. dye with wax

  Familiarity information: BATIK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATIK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("batik" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Derivation:

batik (dye with wax)

• BATIK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dye with wax

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Indonesian fabrics are often batiked

Hypernyms (to "batik" is one way to...):

hand-dye (dye by hand)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

batik (a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted)