Home › Words › C › cretonnecretonnecretonne means A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.EtymologyFrom French cretonne.nounA strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.e.g.“Mrs. Strickland had moved with the times. Gone were the Morris papers and gone the severe cretonnes, gone were the Arundel prints that had adorned the walls of her drawing-room in Ashley Gardens; […]” — 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 58, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.corton 68% match — Synonym of creton. vs cretonne →croydon 68% match — A kind of carriage like a gig, originally of wickerwork. vs cretonne →crepon 62% match — A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool vs cretonne →curtaining 62% match — Material used for curtains. vs cretonne →cantoon 62% match — A cotton material with a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other. vs cretonne →ticking 61% match — A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses. vs cretonne →crimplene 61% match — A kind of heavy, wrinkle-resistant fabric used for clothing. vs cretonne →crepoline 61% match — A sheer fabric of silk or cotton, woven to have a slightly ribbed, crepe-like effect. vs cretonne →