SATIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satin mean? 

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

1. a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

Derivation:

satiny (having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light)

 Context examples 

In a wardrobe were many green dresses, made of silk and satin and velvet; and all of them fitted Dorothy exactly.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favour of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I shall hardly know myself in a blue dress and a pink satin cloak.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Furthermore, one mutation likely caused the animal to develop an “unusual translucent satin coat.”

(Genetic ‘Mutational Meltdown’ Doomed Woolly Mammoths, VOA)

She must own that she was tired of seeing great houses; after going over so many, she really had no pleasure in fine carpets or satin curtains.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Very little white satin, very few lace veils; a most pitiful business! Selina would stare when she heard of it.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Remembering the painted boots, she surveyed her white satin slippers with girlish satisfaction, and chasseed down the room, admiring her aristocratic feet all by herself.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

This year, you will have an open road to choose beautiful gifts you can wrap in clouds of tissue paper and satin ribbon—instead of resorting to safe gift cards.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Above, the sky is stainless blue—blue as the sea itself, which under the forefoot is of the colour and sheen of azure satin.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the floor a wedding-dress of watered silk, a pair of white satin shoes and a bride’s wreath and veil, all discoloured and soaked in water.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)