batik

noun [U]

/bəˈtik, bæ-/

Definition

› a way of printing patterns on cloth by covering the design with wax and coloring the cloth that does not have wax on it with dye

(Definition of batik noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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