flax
/flæks/noun
उच्चारण फ़्लैक्स
अलसी, तीसी (का पौधा)
Core word
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[U]
a plant with blue flowers, grown for its stem, which is used to make thread, and for its seeds, which are used to make oil
अलसी, तीसी (का पौधा)
- Flax is grown for both fibre and seed.
- Linseed oil is made from the seeds of flax.
- Fields of blue flax swayed in the wind.
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- Flax needs cool weather and moist soil.
- Oil from flax is used in paints and varnishes.
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[U]
the threads from the stem of the flax plant, used to make linen
अलसी का रेशा, सन
- The cloth is woven from flax.
- Farmers dry the flax in the sun before spinning it.
- Flax is spun into a strong thread.
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- The weaver bought a bundle of flax from the market.
- Linen is made by spinning and weaving flax.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
flax (uncountable noun)
Flax is a plant grown for its fibres and seeds, and also the fibre itself. It is uncountable.
'Flax' रेशे और बीज के लिए उगाया जाने वाला पौधा और उसका रेशा भी है। यह uncountable है।
- Flax is grown in cool climates.
- Linen is made from the fibres of flax.
flax + noun (modifier)
Flax can describe products: flax oil, flax fibre, flax field, flax seed.
'Flax' उत्पादों का वर्णन कर सकता है: flax oil, flax fibre, flax field।
- Blue flax flowers covered the field in spring.
flax vs linen vs linseed
Flax is the plant, linen is the cloth made from its fibre, and linseed is its seed or oil.
Flax पौधा है, linen उसके रेशे से बना कपड़ा है, और linseed उसका बीज या तेल है।
- The shirt is linen, which comes from flax, while the oil comes from linseed.
flax-coloured / flaxen
Flaxen is a literary adjective for pale yellow hair, and flax-coloured has the same sense.
'Flaxen' हल्के पीले बालों के लिए साहित्यिक adjective है।
- The girl in the painting has flaxen hair.
flax in compound phrases
Flax appears in names such as flax mill, flax spinner and New Zealand flax.
Flax कई नामों में आता है, जैसे flax mill और New Zealand flax।
- The flax mill closed when cotton became cheaper.
+Collocations 5
verb + flax
growharvestspinweaveprocess
- Farmers harvest flax in late summer.
flax + noun
fibreplantfieldoilthreadstem
- The flax plant has slender stems and small blue flowers.
flax used for
linenropepapercanvasoilcloth
- Rope was once made from flax.
adjective + flax
bluewildfinecommoncultivated
- The botanist photographed wild blue flax on the hillside.
flax + product
flax clothflax paperflax yarnflax sack
- The museum showed an old flax sack used for grain.
“More examples 6
- Radhika learned in the history class that flax was among the first crops grown.
इतिहास की कक्षा में राधिका ने सीखा कि अलसी सबसे पहली उगाई गई फ़सलों में से एक थी।
- Flax is processed to make linen thread.
अलसी को प्रोसेस करके लिनन का धागा बनाया जाता है।
- In Uttar Pradesh farmers grow flax for both seeds and fibre.
उत्तर प्रदेश में किसान बीज और रेशे दोनों के लिए अलसी उगाते हैं।
- The artist painted the canvas with an oil pressed from flax.
कलाकार ने अलसी से निकले तेल से कैनवास पर चित्र बनाया।
- A field of flax in bloom looks like a pale blue sea.
फूलों से लदा अलसी का खेत हल्के नीले समुद्र जैसा लगता है।
- Egyptian mummies were wrapped in cloth made from flax.
मिस्र की ममियों को अलसी से बने कपड़े में लपेटा जाता था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Flax are grown in many countries.
✓ Flax is grown in many countries.
Flax is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
'Flax' uncountable है और singular verb लेता है।
✗ Linen is made by flax.
✓ Linen is made from flax.
Use made from when the material is changed in the process.
जब सामग्री बदलकर नया पदार्थ बनता है, तब 'made from' आता है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Linen cloth is made from flax fibre, and linseed, also called flaxseed, is the seed of the same plant.
GK के लिए, linen कपड़ा flax के रेशे से बनता है, और linseed, जिसे flaxseed भी कहते हैं, इसी पौधे का बीज है।