Definitions for jutedʒut

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jutedʒut(n.)

  1. a strong, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc., obtained from two East Indian plants, Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, of the linden family.

    Category: Plants, Textiles

  2. either of these plants.

    Category: Plants

Origin of jute:

1740–50; < Bengali jhuṭo

jute′like`(adj.)

Jutedʒut(n.)

  1. a member of a Germanic people that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d., settling mainly in Kent.

    Category: Peoples

Jut′ish(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. jute(noun)

    a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks

  2. Jute(noun)

    a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons

Wiktionary

  1. jute(Noun)

    The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plant, Corchorus olitorius, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.

  2. jute(Noun)

    The plants from which this fibre is obtained.

  3. Jute(Noun)

    A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually either consumed culturally or driven out of the island.

  4. Origin: From plural Jutae, Juti (in Bede), corresponding to Old English Ēotas, Īotas. Ultimately from eutaz.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jute(noun)

    the coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc


Translations for jute

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jute(adjective)

(of) the fibre of certain plants found in Pakistan and India, used for making sacks etc.

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