baize
noun [U] /beɪz/Definition
› thick, usually green material made from wool and used to cover the special tables on which snooker, billiards, and card games are playedGeneral words for textilesSnooker, pool and billiards
(Definition of baize noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- bias noun (CLOTHING)
- bolt noun (ROLL)
- brocade noun
- cloth noun
- drapery noun
- fabric noun (CLOTH)
- filament noun
- fluff noun (SOFT MASS)
- gauze noun
- lint noun (FIBRES)
- lint noun (LOOSE MATERIAL)
- nap noun (CLOTH)
- padding noun
- pile noun (SURFACE)
- strand noun (THREAD)
- upholstery noun
- wadding noun
- warp noun
- weave noun
- weave verb (MAKE)
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