- any of a number of textile fibres made from wood pulp or other forms of cellulose
- any fabric made from such a fibre
- (modifier) consisting of or involving rayon: a rayon shirt
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ray•on /ˈreɪɑn/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a smooth, silklike material manufactured from cellulose, cotton, or wood chips.
- Textilesa fabric or yarn made of rayon.
ray•on
(rā′on),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- Textilesfabric made of this filament.
adj.
- Textilesmade of rayon.
- apparently based on ray1 1920–25
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rayon /ˈreɪɒn/ n
'rayon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acetate
- acetate rayon
- barathea
- broadcloth
- cellulose
- Chardonnet
- foulard
- gabardine
- grenadine
- grosgrain
- Milanese
- mousseline
- organza
- piqué
- pongee
- rep
- satin
- serge
- shantung
- sharkskin
- sodium hydroxide
- surah
- swan's-down
- taffeta
- tricot
- tulle
- viscose
- voile
- alpaca
- anthraquinone dye
- Bedford cord
- body
- bombazine
- butcher linen
- Canton crepe
- carbon disulfide
- Celanese
- challis
- charvet
- chenille
- chiffon
- copper hydroxide
- delustering
- duvetyn
- faille
- galloon
- Georgette
- half-rayon
- hydrocellulose
- jersey