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Meaning of "mohair" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOHAIR

Variant (influenced by hair) of earlier mocayare, ultimately from Arabic mukhayyar, literally: choice, from khayyara to choose.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MOHAIR

mohair  [ˈməʊˌhɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOHAIR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mohair is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOHAIR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mohair

Mohair

Mohair /ˈmoʊhɛər/ is usually a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat. Both durable and resilient, mohair is notable for its high luster and sheen, which has helped give it the nickname the "Diamond Fiber", and is often used in fiber blends to add these qualities to a textile. Mohair takes dye exceptionally well. Mohair is warm in winter as it has great insulating properties, while remaining cool in summer due to its moisture wicking properties. It is durable, naturally elastic, flame resistant, crease resistant, and does not felt. It is considered to be a luxury fiber, like cashmere, angora and silk, and is usually more expensive than most wool that comes from sheep. Mohair is composed mostly of keratin, a protein found in the hair, wool, horns and skin of all mammals. While it has scales like wool, the scales are not fully developed, merely indicated. Thus, mohair does not felt as wool does. Mohair fiber is approximately 25–45 microns in diameter. It increases in diameter with the age of the goat, growing along with the animal.

Definition of mohair in the English dictionary

The definition of mohair in the dictionary is Also called: angora. the long soft silky hair that makes up the outer coat of the Angora goat. Other definition of mohair is a fabric made from the yarn of this hair and cotton or wool.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOHAIR


hair
hɛə
hare
hɛə
horsehair
ˈhɔːsˌhɛə
maidenhair
ˈmeɪdnhɛə
overhair
ˈəʊvəˌhɛə
shorthair
ˈʃɔːthɛə
unhair
ʌnˈhɛə
wirehair
ˈwaɪəˌhɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOHAIR

mogul skiing
moguled
MOH
Moham.
Mohammed
Mohammed Ahmed
Mohammed Ali
Mohammed II
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mohammedan
Mohammedanise
Mohammedanism
Mohammedanize
Moharram
Mohave
Mohave Desert
mohawk
mohel
Mohenjo-Daro
mohican

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOHAIR

armchair
big hair
body hair
British shorthair
camping chair
chair
dining chair
director´s chair
facial hair
high chair
highchair
in the chair
longhair
pubic hair
pushchair
rocking chair
take the chair
the chair
the electric chair
wheelchair

Synonyms and antonyms of mohair in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mohair» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOHAIR

Find out the translation of mohair to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mohair from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mohair» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马海毛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mohair
570 millions of speakers

English

mohair
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महीन चिकना ऊन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموهير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мохер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mohair
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অ্যাঙ্গোরা ছাগলের লোম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mohair
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mohair
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mohair
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モヘア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모헤어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mohair
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vải nỉ bằng lông dê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அங்கோரா ஆட்டின் பட்டுப் போன்ற மயிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोहन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tiftik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mohair
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moher
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мохер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mohair
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοχέρ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sybokhaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mohair
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mohair
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mohair

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOHAIR»

The term «mohair» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.222 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOHAIR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mohair» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mohair» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mohair

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4 QUOTES WITH «MOHAIR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mohair.
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Ozwald Boateng
I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.
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Bobby Keys
You got to realize that the vision, the image, according to 1964 U.S. rock and roll standards, was mohair suit and tie, and nicey-nicey ol' boy next door.
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Jeff Lynne
The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966.
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Paul Weller
I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when I was a kid, with the Beatles and the Small Faces. A lot of those Sixties soul artists were in really sharp sharkskin or mohair suits, and Motown artists looked amazing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOHAIR»

Discover the use of mohair in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mohair and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and Other Luxury Fibres
Uys156 described the history of mohair in South Africa from 1838 to 1988, mentioning that the first mohair tops were produced in 1963 at Gubb & Inggs. Today, some 95% of South African mohair is exported, the distribution being carried out in ...
R R Franck, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print)
Christopher John Lupton Texas A&M University, San Angelo, Texas, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Mohair is the white, lustrous fiber produced by the Angora goat (Capra hircus aegagrus). This unique breed of goat, thought to have originated in the ...
Wilson G. Pond, 2004
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Beautiful Babies 2: Advanced Techniques in Reborn Doll Making
Mohair is often the fibre of choice for rooting, however, human hair and synthetic hair can be used. I prefer the fine, softness of premium mohair. There are many different types of needles one can use to root hair. If you were trying to achieve a  ...
Michele Barrow-Bélisle, 2007
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Wool warehouses: practices, facilities, services, charges, ...
Mohair was of minor importance to capacity use and income in all Regions except Texas (11, 1S). Texas operators devoted 32 percent of their available space to handling mohair, and received 30 percent of their gross income from it.
Amos D. Jones, 1961
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Not Your Mama's Felting: The Cool and Creative Way to Get it ...
Mohair Mohair is actually goat hair. Kid mohair is typically the softest, shorn from goats younger than 18 months. Adult mohair can vary from fine and lustrous to coarse and hairy. In yarn, you'll often see blends of wool and mohair. This allows  ...
Amy Swenson, 2007
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The Rise ... of the Worsted, Alpaca, and Mohair ...
Formerly yarn was spun by hand in Turkey itself to a large extent, and exported to France ; but English-spun mohair yarn has now entirely superseded it. The export of this yarn to France in 1850, amounted to 400,0001bs.: and in Germany its ...
Henry Forbes, 1852
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Mohair histogenesis, maturation, and shedding in the Angora goat
Lubow A. Margolena, United States. Agricultural Research Service. PLATE 10 E A, Sebaceous gland cells and sebum in 100-day-old fetal angora skin. Hematoxylin, oil red O. 200 X; B, portion of a sebaceous gland of a medullated, primary ...
Lubow A. Margolena, United States. Agricultural Research Service, 1974
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Sew Any Fabric: A Quick Reference to Fabrics from A to Z
Sewn and handled like wool, its textured surface helps to hide stitching irregularities. Mohair is easily damaged with improper pressing. (0 k 0) I > (A (0 III lei and tulle arc open-mesh fabrics. Mohair Similar Fabrics: Alpaca, angora, camel's hair, ...
Claire Shaeffer, 2003
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Textile Sizing
Bhuvenesh C. Goswami, Rajesh D. Anandjiwala, David Hall. Mohair appears circular in cross section, with small spots caused by entrapped air bubbles, as shown in Fig. 2.21. The longitudinal structure exhibits scales at high magnification, ...
Bhuvenesh C. Goswami, Rajesh D. Anandjiwala, David Hall, 2004
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Modern Livestock & Poultry Production
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture. MARKETING MOHAIR Over 95 percent of the mohair in the United States is produced in Texas. Most of the mohair is marketed through warehouses. The procedure is the same as that for marketing wool ...
James Gillespie, Frank Flanders, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOHAIR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mohair is used in the context of the following news items.
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G Street Fabrics Files for Bankruptcy Sew It Can Survive
A Washington Post reporter, for example, wrote in 2005 about finds like a $100-per-yard brown Belgian mohair velvet and a feathered ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Jesse Harper
Harper's own dreams include owning a mohair goat farm and finishing his travel “to do” list. He has a pilgrimage planned for the El Camino de ... «ValpoLife.com, Jul 15»
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Clothes from yesteryear inspire sustainable fashion range
Mihaela's collection also makes use of mohair - a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat - after she undertook extensive ... «Click Green, Jul 15»
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Mall lot in Langley filled with distinctive vehicles
... 1984 and it still has its original mohair upholstery and interior, chrome, floor mat and more. Photograph By Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance. «Langley AdvanceNews, Jul 15»
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WINDMILL COUNTRY: Association to celebrate 100 years
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Current issues facing the sheep, goat, wool and mohair industries will highlight the business agenda at the 100th ... «San Angelo Standard Times, Jul 15»
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Questions on how Milwaukee Admirals fit into plans for new …
WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT THE MOHAIR IS BRADLEY CENTER, THEY WILL MOVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. WE ARE CHANGING ... «WISN Milwaukee, Jul 15»
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Governor Abbott delivers remarks at 87th annual Texas FFA …
We are #1 in cattle and cotton, in sheep and goats, and in hay and mohair. “Through drought and flood, Texas has long grown from the bounty ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
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Vail Daily column: How Catholics and citizens are taking …
Listen, we can't even shed mohair, never mind wasting public money on Exxon that ought to go to, I don't know … schools? I know, the same ... «Vail Daily News, Jul 15»
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Tommy Hilfiger's Spring 2016 Men's Collection
“Fabrics include lightweight cottons, linens, tropical weaves and mohair wools. The signature style is decadent and dressed up with a relaxed ... «Daily Front Row, Jul 15»
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Poet Gregory Pardlo on Elton John's 'Bennie and the Jets'
... rhythmic personality of the song. But the only words that were clear to me then and lingered were, “She's got electric boots, a mohair suit.” ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

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