linen
lin|en /l'ɪnɪn/ (linens)
1 [N-MASS]
Linen is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for making clothes and things such as tablecloths and sheets.
...a white linen suit.
...cottons, woolens, silks and linens.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Linen is tablecloths, sheets, pillowcases, and similar things made of cloth that are used in the home.
...embroidered bed linen...
3
to wash your dirty linen in public: see dirtybed lin|en
also bed-linen
[N-UNCOUNT]
Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases.
...crisp white cotton bed linen.
1 [N-MASS]
Linen is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for making clothes and things such as tablecloths and sheets.
...a white linen suit.
...cottons, woolens, silks and linens.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Linen is tablecloths, sheets, pillowcases, and similar things made of cloth that are used in the home.
...embroidered bed linen...
3
to wash your dirty linen in public: see dirtybed lin|en
also bed-linen
[N-UNCOUNT]
Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases.
...crisp white cotton bed linen.