English Online Dictionary. What means tissue? What does tissue mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪs.juː/, /ˈtɪʃ.u/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɪsjuː, -ɪʃuː
- Hyphenation: tis‧sue
Noun
tissue (countable and uncountable, plural tissues)
- Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
- A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- Absorbent paper as material.
- (biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
- Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
- (horse racing, slang) The scratch sheet or racing form.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
tissue (third-person singular simple present tissues, present participle tissuing, simple past and past participle tissued)
- To form tissue of; to interweave.
References
- “tissue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Eustis, suites
Middle English
Noun
tissue
- Alternative form of tissu