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Definitions: Satin |
SatinAdjective1. Having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters". Noun1. A smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "satin" was first used: 1369. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Tightly-woven silk fabric. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A two-bar warp-knitted fabric in which the front-bar underlaps are arranged with a view to producing a smooth surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Satin is a thick cloth that has a glossy surface and a dull back. It is traditionally made of silk.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Satin."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SATIN | English | System Automatic Teletypewriter Interfaces | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SatinSynonyms: glossy (adj), satin(a) (adj), satiny (adj), silken (adj), silklike (adj), silky (adj), sleek (adj), slick (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Smoothness | Down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen; glass, ice. |
Texture | Smooth as silk, smooth as satin. |
Silk, satin; muslin, burlap. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Satin |
| English words defined with "satin": Bower bird ♦ Coothay ♦ Denmark satin ♦ Italian cloth ♦ satin bird, satin bowerbird, satin flower, Satin jean, satin leaf, Satin spar, Satin sparrow, satin stitch, Satin stone, satin walnut, satin weave, Satinet ♦ Tabaret. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "satin": BARREL FINISHER, BROWNING PROCESSOR ♦ case assembler, CASE FINISHER ♦ Fustian Words ♦ HAT MAKER, Hatton ♦ instrument-case finisher ♦ jockey satin ♦ leather-case finisher, liberty satin ♦ PASTER, HAT LINING, Pekin, Procession of the Black Breeches ♦ silky luster, slipper satin ♦ tabourette. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "satin": sateen, Satinet. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Satin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (arch fiend, demon, devil, Dickens, ghoul, Goblin, sateen, satin), German (sateen, satin), Indonesian (sateen), Italian (satin), Romanian (satin), Serbo-Croatian (sateen, satin), Swedish (sateen, satin). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I wish I were a woman of 36, dressed in black satin with a string of pearls! (Rebecca; writing credit: Daphne Du Maurier; Philip MacDonald) I do not profess to be an expert in the field of fashion (though my friends say I have quite the eye) but I can tell you, there is a shocking lack of satin! (Emma; writing credit: Douglas McGrath) | |
Lyrics | On her black satin sheets ("Lady Marmalade"; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) I can see her lyin' back in her SATIN dress ("Sundown"; performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot) Satin sheets and luxuries so fine ("Dress You Up"; performing artist: Madonna) Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, ("Nights In White Satin"; performing artist: The Moody Blues) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Satin alinan koca (1971) The Satin Mushroom (1969) Scarf of Mist Thigh of Satin (1966) The Satin Woman (1927) Smooth as Satin (1925) | |
Song Titles | Nights in White Satin (performing artist: The Moody Blues) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Liz Smith | Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. |
Nathaniel P. Willis | Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Hiawatha's Photographing | Carroll, Lewis | She came dressed beyond description, Dressed in jewels and in satin Far too gorgeous for an empress. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He contemplated, not that girl, but that light in a satin pelisse and a velvet hat. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Satin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Satin" is used about 466 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 466 | 12,650 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "satin": Denmark satin ♦ Farmer's satin ♦ Farmers' satin ♦ jockey satin ♦ liberty satin ♦ satin bird ♦ satin bowerbird ♦ satin flower ♦ satin grackle ♦ satin jean ♦ satin leaf ♦ satin spar ♦ satin sparrow ♦ satin stitch ♦ satin stone ♦ satin walnut ♦ satin weave ♦ silk satin ♦ slipper satin ♦ smooth as satin ♦ white satin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "satin": satin-birds, satin-bound, satin-clad, satin-cloaked, satin-coat, satin-covered, satin-draped, satin-finish, satin-finished, satin-gloss, satin-hard, satin-like, satin-lined, satin-padded, satin-paper, satin-quilted, satin-sheen, satin-shod, satin-smooth, satin-soft, satin-softness, satin-stitch, satin-type, satin-weave. | |
Ending with "satin": black-satin, polyester-satin, purple-satin, silk-and-satin, stretch-satin. | |
Containing "satin": blue-satin-coated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
satin sheet | 734 |
satin | 521 |
satin pantie | 273 |
satin ribbon | 166 |
satin lingerie | 115 |
satin silk | 107 |
night in white satin | 85 |
satin blouse | 82 |
satin bedding | 77 |
satin comforter | 72 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "satin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | satinoj, saten (sateen). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملمع (glossy, polished), ساتان نسيج حريري, صقيل, الأ طلس, أطلساني. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сатиниран, гланциран (glazed, lustrous), гланцирам (glaze, lustre), атлазен, атлаз, лъскам (brighten, furbish, glance, gloss, grind, polish, scour, shine, smooth, varnish). (various references) | |
Chinese | 缎, 緞布 , 緞子 , 緞 (seam). (various references) | |
Czech | atlas (atlas). (various references) | |
Danish | satin-trikot, satin-charmeuse, satin. (various references) | |
Dutch | satijn (sateen). (various references) | |
Finnish | satiini (sateen). (various references) | |
French | satin (sateen). (various references) | |
German | Satin (sateen). (various references) | |
Greek | σατέν. (various references) | |
Hebrew | משי (silk). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szatén (satinette), atlaszselyem. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kain satin. (various references) | |
Italian | raso (sateen), satin (sateen). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 繻子 , サイン曲線 (ca et la, commercial jingle, saccharin, sack, sack dress, sacrifice, sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, saddle, sadism, sadist, sadistic, sado, sadomasochism, Sahara, sanatorium, sanitary, sanitary napkin, sash, Saskatchewan, Satan, satellite, satellite computer, satellite office, satellite station, satellite studio, satisfaction, Saturday night special, Saturn, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, sauna, sax, saxophone, sine curve, sinusoid, skirt with suspender, soccer, soccer coach, sound, sound box, sound business, sound effects, sound logo, sound man, soundinterface, soundtrack, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southern Cross, southpaw, success, success story, sudden death, suggest, suggestion, suspend, suspended game, suspenders, suspense, suspense drama, suspension, sustaining program, Thousand Island). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅす, サテン . (various references) | |
Korean | 공단. (various references) | |
Manx | stroll (gauze), cur stroll er. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atinsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cetim (sateen). (various references) | |
Romanian | satin, atlaz (atlas). (various references) | |
Russian | сатинировать, атлас (atlas, satins). (various references) | |
Scottish | sròl (banner, crape, gauze, silk). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | satinski, satinirati, satin (sateen), atlasni, atlas (atlas). (various references) | |
Spanish | satén (sateen), raso (barren, buck, clearing, level, opening, sleek, smooth, unruffled). (various references) | |
Swedish | satin (sateen), satäng. (various references) | |
Thai | เงามันเหมือนผ้าต่วน, ผ้าต่วน, ทำ"้วยผ้าต่วน. (various references) | |
Turkish | satensi, saten, perdahlamak (calender, glaze, polish, shoot, sleek, vitrify), parlatmak (blazon, brighten, burnish, clean, furbish, furbish up, give a polish, glaze, gloss, lighten, luster, polish, rub up, shine, sleek), pürüzsüzleştirmek (sleek, smooth out), pürüzsüz ve parlak (satiny), dümdüz (absolutely straight, as the crow flies, plane, quite smooth, straight), atlas (atlas). (various references) | |
Turkmen | setin (r), atlaz (atlas (r)). (various references) | |
Ukranian | сатинувати, шовковистий (satiny, sericeous, silken, silky), глянсувати, атласний (satiny), атлас (atlas), лунарія, джин (genie, gin). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bóng như xa tanh bằng xa tanh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "satin": satinet, satinets, sating, satinpod, satinpods, satins, satinwood, satinwoods, satiny. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "satin": isatin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "satin": compensating, decompensating, decussating, extravasating, inspissating, isatine, isatines, isatinic, isatins, overcompensating, pulsating, sensating, tergiversating. (additional references) | |
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"Satin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aathin, Asotin, astan, astano, asti, astia, astik, astin, Astn, astrin, atin, catin, estain, Jatin, natin, Saadun, saain, sadin, Saetti, safin, Sahin, saiin, sa'im, Sait, Salin, saltian, samin, santen, Sartini, Sarton, satand, Satank, saten, satie, satient, satine, Satir, satis, satten, sawin, sawti, Sayin, Scati, scation, setan, setin, setten, settin, setton, setun, Shashin, shatin, Shatkin, sitan, smain, sodin, sotin, Sotion, sotun, spaten, staini, stin, stinn, stinx, stnin, styn, Suetin, sutine, tatin, zatin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "satin" (pronounced sa"tun) |
| 4 | -a" t u n | batten, craton, fatten, flatten, Manhattan, Patten, platen. |
| 3 | -t u n | actin, badminton, beaten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, Burton, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, certain, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, curtain, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, eaten, enlighten, exoskeleton, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, marten, Martin, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, Seton, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, sweeten, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, wheaten, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: antis, saint, stain, tains. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, nits, sain, sati, snit, tain, tans, tins. | |
-2 letters: ain, ais, ait, ani, ant, ins, its, nit, sat, sin, sit, tan, tas, tin, tis. | |
-3 letters: ai, an, as, at, in, is, it, na, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: actins, antics, faints, gainst, giants, instal, instar, isatin, mantis, matins, nastic, paints, patins, pintas, ptisan, saints, sanity, santir, sating, satins, satiny, shanti, stains, strain, taints, takins, tanist, tenias, tineas, tisane, titans, trains, twains. | |
+2 letters: absinth, abstain, acetins, actings, actions, against, agonist, anestri, animist, anoints, antiars, anticks, antings, antisag, antisex, antsier, aroints, artisan, asquint, atonics, atonies, attains, aunties, bandits, banties, basinet, basting, bastion, bonitas, brisant, casting, cations, catkins, catlins, catnips, cineast, destain, detains, discant, distain, distant, easting, eatings, elastin, entails, entasia, entasis, etamins, etesian, fainest, fasting, fustian, gasting, gastrin, gitanos, gratins, hasting, hatpins, inanest, incants, infants, ingates, ingesta, inmates, install, instals, instant, instars, instate, instead, intakes, intimas, isatine, isatins, issuant, kainits, kations, lasting, latinos, lattins, manitos, manitus, mantids, martins, masting, matings, mattins, nailset, naivest, narcist, nastier, nasties, nastily, nations, natives, nutrias, obtains, onanist, pandits, panties, pastina, pasting, patinas, patines, pianist, pinatas, pissant, pitmans, plaints, ptisans, qintars, quintas, ratines, ratings, rations, ratlins, retains, retinas, retsina, sainted, saintly, salient, saltine, salting, sandpit, santimi, santims, santirs, sapient, satanic, satinet, seating, sestina, sextain, shaitan, shantih, shantis, sheitan, sinuate, skating, slainte, slating, spinate, spirant, staging, stained, stainer, staking, staling, stamina, stanine, staning, stannic, staring, stating, station, staving, staying, stearin, sthenia, strains, stygian, sustain, taenias, tahinis, taipans, takings, talions, tameins, tanists, tannins, tannish, tansies, tanukis, tarnish, tasking, tasting, tawnies, tawsing, teasing, tenails, tincals, tisanes, titians, transit, tsarina, tsunami, vainest, waniest, wasting, zaniest, zeatins. | |
+3 letters: absinthe, absinths, abstains, aconites, actinias, actinism, actinons, adenitis, adjoints, affiants, agisting, agnostic, agonists, ailments, alations, alienist, aliments, alpinist, alunites, amanitas, ambients, amentias, amiantus, amnestic, amniotes, amotions, ancients, andesite, angriest, animates, animists, anisette, annalist, antacids, anthesis, anthills, antibias, antiboss, antigens, antilogs, antimask, antiques, antirust, antisera, antiship, antiskid, antislip, antismog, antismut, antisnob, antistat, antlions, antsiest, appoints, arenites, arsenite, arsonist, artiness, artisans, aspirant, assignat, astatine, asthenia, asthenic, astonied, astonies, astonish, astringe, atropins, attaints, auctions, audients, banister, banjoist, barniest, bartisan, basinets, bassinet, bastings, bastions, battings, beatings, beatniks, bepaints, betaines, blasting, boasting, boatings, botanies, botanise, botanist, cabinets, canister, canities, canniest, canoeist, canonist, cantinas, cantrips, captains, captions, carotins, castings, castling, catlings, catmints, cautions, ceratins, chanties, chitosan, cineaste, cineasts, cisterna, coasting, coatings, contains, creatins, curtains, cyanites, dainties, dandiest, depaints, destains, detrains, deviants, dianthus, diatrons, dingbats, discants, displant, distains, distance, distrain, dynamist, dynastic, dystonia, eastings, elastins, elations, enations, entasias, entastic, entrails, entrains, epinasty, estancia, estating, etamines, etesians, factions, fainters, faintest, faintish, fanatics, fanciest, fantails, fantasia, fantasie, fastings, fatlings, fawniest, feasting, finalist, fontinas, fustians, gahnites, ganister, gantries, gastrins, gelatins, genitals, gentians, giantess, giantism, gigatons, goatskin, granitas, granites, gratings, habitans, hairnets, handiest, handlist, hematins, hesitant, histamin, hoatzins, humanist, ignatias, impaints, implants, indrafts, inearths, inertias, infantas, infantes, infarcts, inflates, infracts, ingrafts, ingrates, inhabits, initials, inkstand, insanest, insanity, insectan, insheath, insolate, instable, installs, instance, instancy, instants, instated, instates, insulant, insulate, insurant, inswathe, intarsia, inthrals, intrados, intrants, intreats, isatines, isatinic, isthmian, jacinths, janitors, kainites, kartings, katcinas, keratins, kyanites, lanitals, lankiest, lanosity, lastings, lathings, latrines, litanies, lunatics, lutanist, mainmast, mainstay, maintops, mangiest, manifest, manihots, manitous, manliest, mannites, mantises, mantissa, manumits, martians, martinis, matinees, matiness, mattings, mediants, melanist, migrants, minarets, mintages, misagent, misatone, miseaten, mispaint, misplant, mistaken, mistrain, monastic, naggiest, nailsets, naivetes, nappiest, narcists, nasality, nastiest, nativism, nativist, natriums, nattiest, naturism, naturist, nautilus, nictates, niobates, nitrates, notaries, nuptials, nystatin, obeisant, onanists, opuntias, orations, organist, oscitant, ostinati, ostinato, outgains, ovations, oxidants, pactions, paganist, painters, panelist, pantiles, pantries, pantsuit, partings, partisan, pastinas, patients, pertains, petunias, pianists, pinaster, pintadas, pintados, pintails, pintanos, pissants, plainest, platinas, platings, pristane, ptomains, ptyalins, puissant, puritans, quantics, quinnats, quintals, quintans, quintars, radiants, raiments, rainiest, rainouts, randiest, rangiest, ratanies, ratfinks, ratlines, repaints, resinate, restrain, retinals, retrains, retsinas, ringtaws, roasting, ruinates, saintdom, sainting, salients, salinity, saltines, saltings, saluting, sanative, sanctify, sanction, sanctity, sandiest, sandpits, sanitary, sanitate, sanities, sanitise, sanitize, santalic, santonin, saponite, satanism, satanist, satinets, satinpod, sauteing, scantier, scanties, scantily, scanting, scarting, scathing, scatting, seatings, seatrain, sedating, sedation, semantic, senorita, sestinas, sextains, shafting, shaitans, shanties, shantihs, sheitans, sibilant, simulant, sinuated, sinuates, skatings, slanting, slatings, slatting, smaltine, smarting, snakebit, snakiest, solating, solation, sonantic, sonatina, sonatine, sonicate, spatting, spirants, stabbing, stabling, stacking, staffing, stagging, stagings, stainers, staining, stalking, stalling, stallion, staminal, staminas, stamping, standing, standish, stanging, stanines, stannite, stanzaic, stapling, starling, starring, starting, starving, stashing, stasimon, stations, steading, stealing, steaming, steapsin, stearine, stearins, sthenias, stickman, stillman, stingray, stinkard, stotinka, strafing, strained, strainer, straiten, strawing, straying, strontia, stunsail, sudation, sultanic, supinate, sustains, swathing, swatting, sweating, synaptic, syncytia, tabanids, taborins, tacrines, tactions, tailfans, tailings, tailspin, talisman, talkings, tamarins, tampions, tangiest, tanistry, tankship, tannings, tappings, tattings, taurines, tawniest, teniases, teniasis, terrains, tertians, tetanics, tetanies, tetanise, thespian, thiamins, thiazins, tinamous, tinwares, titaness, titanias, titanism, titanous, titrants, toasting, toenails, tonsilar, tracings, trainees, trainers, transfix, tranship, transits, transmit, trashing, trenails, triazins, tsarinas, tsunamic, tsunamis, twankies, tzarinas, tziganes, unakites, unfaiths, unitages, unitards, unplaits, uranites, urbanist, urinates, utopians, valiants, vanities, variants, varmints, ventails, vesicant, vibrants, vintages, visitant, vitamins, vitrains, wainscot, waisting, waitings, xanthins, yeasting, zincates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 74 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- - .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a t i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0074 0069 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5367867580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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