Ninon is a sheer

Sheer

Sheer may refer to:*Sheer fabric, a semi-transparent and flimsy fabric*Sheer , a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture*Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation*Sheer Islands, Nunavut, Canada...

 fabric

Textile

A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...

 of silk

Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...

, rayon

Rayon

Rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulose fiber. Because it is produced from naturally occurring polymers, it is neither a truly synthetic fiber nor a natural fiber; it is a semi-synthetic or artificial fiber. Rayon is known by the names viscose rayon and art silk in the textile industry...

, or nylon

Nylon

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides, first produced on February 28, 1935, by Wallace Carothers at DuPont's research facility at the DuPont Experimental Station...

made in a variety of tight smooth weaves or open lacy patterns.
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Ninon -- Very delicate sheer silky material. Usually made of silk, rayon, or nylon. It is sometimes also referred to as "French tergal". Available in a variety of solid colors and tone-on-tone woven vertical stripes. Some ninon fabrics have embroidered borders. Pronounced "nee-no".

NINON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ninon mean?

• NINON (noun)
The noun NINON has 1 sense:

1. a fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon
Familiarity information: NINON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NINON (noun)
Sense 1 ninon [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:

A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ninon" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)