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oilcloth

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: American cloth, linoleum, leathercloth, waxcloth

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile

History

Etymology

From oil + cloth.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُشَمَّع (mušammaʕ) — fabric or cloth
  • Azerbaijani: müşəmbə — fabric or cloth
  • Bulgarian: мушама (mušama) — fabric or cloth
  • Catalan: hule — fabric or cloth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油布 (yóubù) — fabric or cloth
  • Esperanto: vakstolo — fabric or cloth
  • Finnish: vahakangas — fabric or cloth
  • French: toile cirée — fabric or cloth
  • Galician: hule — fabric or cloth
  • German: Wachstuch — fabric or cloth
  • Hungarian: viaszosvászon — fabric or cloth
  • Irish: éadach ola — fabric or cloth
  • Italian: incerato — fabric or cloth
  • Italian: incerata — fabric or cloth
  • Japanese: 油単 (yutan) — fabric or cloth
  • Japanese: オイルクロス (oirukurosu) — fabric or cloth
  • Korean: 유포 (yupo) — fabric or cloth
  • Polish: cerata — fabric or cloth
  • Punjabi: ਮੋਮਜਾਮਾ (momjāmā) — fabric or cloth
  • Romanian: mușama — fabric or cloth
  • Russian: клеёнка (klejónka) — fabric or cloth
  • Tagalog: ule — fabric or cloth
  • Turkish: muşamba — fabric or cloth
  • Ukrainian: клейонка (klejonka) — fabric or cloth
  • Ukrainian: церата (cerata) — fabric or cloth
  • Welsh: oelcloth — fabric or cloth