MEANING
A fabric, often cotton, woven to produce a smooth, lustrous surface.
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Words that belong together
- cotton sateen
- sateen sheets
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Cotton sateen covered the narrow bed.
Word forms
- Base
- sateen
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: uncommon.
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