Synonyms for tissue

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tish-oo or, esp. British, tis-yoo

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪʃ u or, esp. British, ˈtɪs yu

Top 10 synonyms for tissue

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Définition of tissue

Origin : mid-14c., "band or belt of rich material," from Old French tissu "a ribbon, headband, belt of woven material" (c.1200), noun use of tissu "woven, interlaced," past participle of tistre "to weave," from Latin texere "weave" (see texture). The biological sense is first recorded 1831, from French, introduced c.1800 by French anatomist Marie-François-Xavier Bichal (1771-1802). Tissue-paper is from 1777, supposedly so called because it was made to be placed between tissues to protect them. Meaning "piece of absorbent paper used as a handkerchief" is from 1929.

As in lace : noun netted material
As in muscle : noun large fibers of animal body
As in paper : noun material upon which one writes
As in texture : noun charactertistics of a surface
As in web : noun netting
As in tendon : noun band of tissue
As in cloth : noun fabric
As in cobweb : noun entanglement; filament
As in warp and woof : noun texture
As in fiber : noun strand of material
As in grain : noun texture of fabric

Example sentences :

She lined the hat with, tissue paper and then, put it on his head again.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

The covers were electrified and clung to him like tissue to rubbed amber.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

He was wrapping the beautiful smell again in the tissue wrappings.
Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

He pointed to the ring and the bit of tissue paper on the table.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Still staring, Lépine handed him the second sheet of tissue.
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Which goes to prove that the "tissue paper world" is yet of heroic fibre.
Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess

I heard it, and from the beginning to the end it was a tissue of vulgarity and falsehood.
Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Achromatic: free from color; tissue that does not stain readily.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

Yet I took up my shovel again with a body that rebelled in every tissue.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

The third covering was a wrapper of tissue paper, which was spread out in its turn.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

Antonyms for tissue

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