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Shan·tung

 (shăn′tŭng′, shän′to͝ong′)

shan·tung

 (shăn-tŭng′)
n.
A heavy, usually silk fabric with a rough nubby surface.

[After Shantung.]
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shantung

(ˌʃænˈtʌŋ)
n
1. (Textiles) a heavy silk fabric with a knobbly surface
2. (Textiles) a cotton or rayon imitation of this
[C19: so called because it was first imported to Britain from Shantung in China]

Shantung

(ˈʃænˈtʌŋ)
n
(Placename) a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Shandong
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Shan•tung

(ˈʃænˈtʌŋ)

n.
2. (often l.c.)
a. a plain-weave silk fabric made from yarns with irregular or uneven texture.
b. a heavy pongee. Compare tussah (def. 1).
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shantung

A heavy silk fabric that has a rough, uneven finish.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shantung - a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
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Translations

shantung

[ˌʃænˈtʌŋ] Nshantung m
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shantung

nSchantungseide f
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shantung

[ʃænˈtʌŋ] nsciantung m
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Roughly 200 new trees will be planted this year in many varieties, including English oak, red oak, pin oak, hackberry, tulip, skyline honey locust, frontier elm, stately manor Kentucky coffee, shantung maple and ivory silk lilac.
Lucy Wadham is thriving and can add to her tally with SHANTUNG (3.50).
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Top, PS49, Coast; coat, PS59.99, H&M; trousers, PS59, Topshop; bracelet, PS10, Accessorize; mules, PS10, Primark If bold prints and colours aren't for you, delicate organzas, brocade and blush shantung silk will give a subtle nod to the trend.
Long tassels, big romantic bows on wrists and necks, polka dots, velvet, gold lame, organza, raw silk, shantung, brocade, Japanese obis-these were his arsenal.
With an artisan feel, Lexi has clear, convex crystals floating within a laser-cut frame as well as a white shantung silk shade within the crystal drum.
Hobeika worked on the concept of a thousand shades of tea and used precious fabrics -- silk shantung, organza, guipure to come to his end and bestow an aura of ethereal grace and royal luxury to his gowns.
Arriving in Shantung Province as a single woman in September 1909, Jewell collaborated with other single and married women in two types of work: traveling evangelism aimed at the village women in her area and the oversight of the Baptist schools for Chinese girls located in her region.
The Duchess wore a delicate bespoke daisy lace dress with silver grey ribbon detail, with a soft peach silk shantung jacket.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory shantung taffeta ball gown with a sweetheart neckline.
And the mother-of-the-bride drew praise for her Catherine Walker sky blue silk shantung "Sydney" day dress with short pleated sleeves.