A textile is a piece of cloth that has been formed by weaving, knitting,pressing or knotting together individual pieces of fiber.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

The dictionary says that the word "mosaic" means a picture or design that is made by placing small colored pieces together.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

Remember,frit is crushed up pieces of glass. The glass that I have is a neon green and a bright orange.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

An astronaut who does work outside the space shuttle usually is wearing more than seventeen pieces of protective equipment.

VOA: special.2011.04.06

The researchers demonstrated how information in pieces of DNA is translated into the thousands of proteins contained in living matter.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

But small pieces should not be placed along the edges of an area as they can dry out more quickly.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Knitting is a way of creating clothing by looping together long thin pieces of material such as cotton or wool.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Scientists say climate change and human activity have increasingly led to the melting of massive pieces of Antarctic ice.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

I then took up three pieces of wood from the flooring, and placed his body parts under the room.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

As the policeman shakes Harpo's hand, you can hear pieces of silver that Harpo has stolen fall out of his clothes.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

The Victorians used one color for edging, another for the outside walls, another for decorative pieces connected to the house.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

So far,their findings have included pieces of a brick that could be from building materials used in colonial times.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Then they rubbed the clothes on flat pieces of wood, squeezed out the water and hung each piece to dry.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Then the woman wrapped the rain babies in pieces of cloth and laid them to sleep in a drawer.

VOA: special.2009.02.28