Antonyms for tissue


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tish-oo or, esp. British, tis-yoo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪʃ u or, esp. British, ˈtɪs yu


Definition 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

Synonyms for tissue

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