Definitions
a synthetic silklike fabric
Word origin
Name chosen by the National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from French rayon (“a beam of light, ray”) and so called because it is shiny; however, the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is apparently a blend of ray + cotton.
Used in a sentence
“Nor brick, nor marble was the wall in view, But ſhining Chriſtall, which from top to baſe Out of her womb a thouſand rayons threw, […]”
“The rayons of the Sunne we see, Diminish in their strength.”
“Here stood A cave,…unreached by rayons of the Sun.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Synthetic fiber”5 letters
02“Synthetic silky fabric”5 letters
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