muslin

Everyday

1. Muslin is a thin, light cotton cloth. tree →
2. Muslin is used for baby wraps, for straining food in the kitchen and in old times for dresses and curtains. tree →

In the lessons

a kind of cloth bought or cut by length, mostly in old problems: yards of muslin and its price; in everyday life a muslin cloth for babies or for cheese-making; in old stories muslin dresses

Examples

• She bought 6 yards of muslin. tree →
• Muslin costs 20 cents a yard. tree →
• How much do 4 yards of muslin cost? tree →
• The baby was wrapped in a soft muslin. tree →
• Strain the yoghurt through a piece of muslin. tree →
• In the old story, the girl wore a white muslin dress. tree →
• The curtains are made of thin muslin. tree →
• Everybody was looking on, and the King was chuckling to himself at the idea of finding the piece of muslin in a nutshell. tree →

Note

A thing measured, often by yards or meters. «A yard» with a price is a rate: cost = price × yards. Trap: count the yards, not the word. Mostly uncountable: «some muslin», «a piece of muslin».