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How to pronounce voile in English?

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Type of cloth, fabric, material, textile

Examples of voile

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The clothier offers that, as well as cotton, voile and silk in several weights and weaves.
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These equally simple throws are woven from cotton voile and filled with polyester batting.
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Other popular materials were voile, twill, silk, organza, seersucker and lightweight leather.
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The variety of white fabrics range from sheer voile to cotton duck.
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Voile is very similar to chiffon, which is also used in dress-making.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Store away the heavy window treatments, and put up snowy voile curtains or sleek white blinds.
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Voile hangings from India sit quite happily with comfy old sofas.
From the telegraph.co.uk
We removed the bed skirts and the voile canopy stretcher covers.
From the courier-journal.com
A friend of a friend needs a job and voile, you get a job.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • A light semitransparent fabric
  • Voile is a light weight woven fabric, usually made of 100% cotton or cotton blends including linen or polyester. The term comes from French, and means veil. Because of its light weight, the fabric is mostly used in soft furnishing. ...
  • Voiles, a composition for solo piano, is the 2nd piece of Claude Debussy's first book of preludes. The title of the piece may mean either veils or sails; both connotations were intended by Debussy. ...
  • A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses
  • A crisp, lightweight, plain weave cotton-like fabric, made with high twist yarns in a high yarn count construction. Similar in appearance to organdy and organza.
  • Usually made with cylindrical combed yarns, this plain, loosely woven fabric has an extremely clear surface because the excess fuzzy yarns are singed away. It is thin, semi-transparent, and very lightweight, resembling an organdy or organza in appearance.
  • A light, plain-weave, sheer transparent fabric with tightly twisted yarns often having a stiff finish. Available in novelty effects like pique stripes, printed patterns and stripes. It is obtained from cotton, rayon, silk, or wool and used especially for making dresses and curtains.
  • Voile is a plain weave, lightweight fabric that is semi-transparent. It is most often made from one hundred percent cotton though is may be made from rayon or silk.
  • Sheer or semi-sheer spun cloth that is lightweight and soft, though with a crisp hand. Typically made from cotton, rayon or acetate. A natural for pretty summer styles, particularly women's blouses.