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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

सन के रेशे

Pronunciation / Transliteration: san ke reshe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Charpie/ˈʃɑːrpiː/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"घाव पर सन के रेशे की पट्टी बांधी गई।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Scraps or threads of linen, formerly used for dressing wounds.

    "The military surgeon carefully applied a layer of clean charpie to absorb the wound's discharge."
  2. 2

    Frayings or lint produced from textile materials.

    "The old uniform was worn down to fine charpie along the frayed cuffs."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed directly from French 'charpie', derived from the verb 'charpir' (to shred or tease out), tracing back to the Late Latin 'carpere' meaning to pluck or card. Historically used in English medical terminology since the 18th century to describe shredded linen used for dressing wounds before modern cotton gauze became standard.

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