Batik (noun)
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A method (originally used in Java) of producing coloured designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed./Cloth dyed using the Batik method.
Late 19th century: from Javanese, literally ‘painted’.
Example sentences
“I still wear the batik scarf you bought me on your travels.”
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