batik

A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

Noun

  1. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
    • There were batik dresses in which mingled indigo, orange, green, vermilion, and black; dresses of velvet and chiffon in screaming colors, blood-red, sulphur-yellow, sea-green; and one black and white thing in striking...
    • Look at her, whirling around the compound wearing batik shorts and a cotton shirt, her long black hair braided into two arcs fastened with colored bands, her teeth gleaming and one slipper broken. - 2018 February 13,...

Origin

Etymology tree Javanese bathikbor. English batik Borrowed from Javanese bathik.

Forms

batiks

Derived

batiker batiking

Verb

  1. To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

Forms

batiks batiking batiked