Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cultivated agave (Agave sisalana) originally of Mexico and Central America, widely grown for its large, sword-shaped leaves that yield stiff fibers used for cordage and rope.
- noun The fiber of this plant or of other agaves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Sisal hemp .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A Central American plant, of the genus
Agave , cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope. - noun The
fibre of the plant. - noun rare A sisal
mat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
- noun a plant fiber used for making rope
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Once dry, the "sisal" is sent to a baling plant for preparation for shipment to plants that make rope, shopping bags and other assorted product.
Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes 2007
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Once dry, the "sisal" is sent to a baling plant for preparation for shipment to plants that make rope, shopping bags and other assorted product.
Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes 2007
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Once dry, the "sisal" is sent to a baling plant for preparation for shipment to plants that make rope, shopping bags and other assorted product.
Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes 2007
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The fibre of the agave, known as sisal hemp, is used in the manufacture of rope, twine, mats, brushes, etc.
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For the ceiling color, go for a very-warm wheat yellow, and for carpeting, my choice would be a Swedish woven area rug recalling the sisal style but made of wool, linen, cotton or even silk.
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For the ceiling color, go for a very-warm wheat yellow, and for carpeting, my choice would be a Swedish woven area rug recalling the sisal style but made of wool, linen, cotton or even silk.
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The bushland and wetland areas are also converted to farmlands and plantations of species such as sisal and various tree crops.
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This is "sisal," the shrub that could save the forests of The Gambia!
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This is "sisal," the shrub that could save the forests of The Gambia!
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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In the absence of asbestos, other fibres such as sisal, coir
4. Innovative technologies related to recycling of materials 1995
yarb commented on the word sisal
And hanging by a sisal twist over the darkling void lit by an electric blue flash, like mending the tram lines, you know that flash? - that's where the souls of smarties go...
- Stevie Smith, Novel on Yellow Paper
February 22, 2009