batik
noun/bəˈtiːk/
/bəˈtiːk/
[uncountable, countable]- a method of printing patterns on cloth using wax (= a solid substance made from fat or oil) on the parts that will not have any colour; a piece of cloth printed in this way
- a batik dress
- an exhibition of batiks and sculpture
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Javanese, literally ‘painted’.
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