Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
mull .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fine, soft muslin; mull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A fine, soft
muslin ;mull .
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Examples
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The new collection also includes 'mulmul' fabric kurtas in attractive shades and embroidery works.
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His kurtas and dhotis were the finest mulmul in summer and tussar in winter – both traditionally woven too, he reasoned.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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His kurtas and dhotis were the finest mulmul in summer and tussar in winter – both traditionally woven too, he reasoned.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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His kurtas and dhotis were the finest mulmul in summer and tussar in winter – both traditionally woven too, he reasoned.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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The Italian look is sexier -- bikini tops and shorts with mulmul tops.
rediff.com 2010
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A change of vowels or a doubling of a consonant is also not infrequent, thus giving English kunkur ` variety of limestone 'in lieu of kankar, mulmul ` muslin' in lieu of malmal, muggar ` kind of crocodile 'in lieu of magar.
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Other examples of the same phenomenon include: chokey ` customs station 'and chowk ` marketplace,' from cauki ` marketplace '; mulmul (see above) and mull ` soft thin muslin,' from malmal (see above); pandit ` scholar; man held in high respect 'and pundit ` very learned; authoritative commentator,' from pandit ` wise, learned '; and numdah ` thick felt rug' and numnah
sionnach commented on the word mulmul
A fine, soft muslin; mull.
October 14, 2008