flannelette

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/ˌflænəˈlɛt/

noun

A type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.

“Our flannelettes provide an extra layer between the underquilt and sheets.”

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Meanings

nounflannelette (countable and uncountable, plural flannelettes)

plural flannelettes

  1. countableuncountableA type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.

    I am a draper mad with love. I love you more than all the flannelette and calico, candlewick, dimity, crash and merino, tussore, cretonne, crepon, muslin, poplin, ticking and twill in the whole Cloth Hall of the world.

    1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood […] , New York: New Directions, page 6
  2. countableuncountableSomething made from this fabric.

    Our flannelettes provide an extra layer between the underquilt and sheets.

Origin

From flannel + -ette.

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Translations

Māori paranene angiangi
  • paranene angiangiA type of fabric imitating flannel

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flannelette

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APA

flannelette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flannelette

MLA

“flannelette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flannelette. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flannelette,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flannelette.

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