- [countable] a piece of soft paper, used especially as a handkerchief
- a box of tissues
- He wiped his nose on a tissue.
- She grabbed a wad of tissues from the box and soaked up the spilt juice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- paper
- toilet
- box
- pack
- package
- …
- use
- take
- on a/the tissue
- with a/the tissue
- [uncountable] (also tissues [plural])a collection of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants
- muscle/brain/lung tissue
- scar tissue
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1, Biologyc1- Dyes were extracted by boiling the plant tissue.
- She treats skin and soft tissue injuries in casualty.
- Vitamin C helps maintain healthy connective tissue.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- living
- healthy
- normal
- …
- damage
- remove
- (also tissue paper)[uncountable] very thin paper used for wrapping and packing things that break easily
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French tissu ‘woven’, past participle of tistre, from Latin texere ‘to weave’. The word originally denoted a rich material, often interwoven with gold or silver threads, later (mid 16th cent.) any woven fabric, hence the sense of ‘intricacy’.
Idioms
See tissue in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee tissue in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha tissue of lies
- (literary) a story, an excuse, etc. that is full of lies
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