tissue

About 50.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
2. noun A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
3. noun A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
4. noun Absorbent paper as material.
5. noun A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to perform a specific job.
6. noun Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.

   a tissue of forgeries, or of lies

7. noun The scratch sheet or racing form.
8. noun A cigarette paper.

Similar words

weave tissue paper webbing woven handkerchief kleenex hanky textiles textile tapestry

Often followed by

and of is in culture to that from or

Word family

tissues tissuey