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Jute

(jo͞ot)

A member of a Germanic people who invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries ad and settled in the south and southeast and on the Isle of Wight.

[From Middle English Jutes, the Jutes, from Medieval Latin Iutae, from Old English Iotas, Iutan; akin to Old English Gēat, Geat.]

Jute, Jut′ish adj.

jute

(jo͞ot)

1. Either of two Asian plants (Corchorus capsularis or C. olitorius) yielding a fiber used for sacking and cordage.

2. The fiber obtained from these plants.

[Bengali jhuṭo, from Sanskrit jūṭaḥ, twisted hair, probably of Dravidian origin.]

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jute

(dʒuːt)

1. (Plants) either of two Old World tropical yellow-flowered herbaceous plants, Corchorus capsularis or C. olitorius, cultivated for their strong fibre: family Tiliaceae

2. (Plants) this fibre, used in making sacks, rope, etc

[C18: from Bengali jhuto, from Sanskrit jūta braid of hair, matted hair]

Jute

(dʒuːt)

(Peoples) a member of one of various Germanic tribes, some of whom invaded England in the 6th century ad, settling in Kent

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jute

(dʒut)

n.

1. a strong, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc., obtained from two East Indian plants, Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, of the linden family.

2. either of these plants.

[1740–50; < Bengali jhuṭo]

jute′like`, adj.

Jute

(dʒut)

n.

a member of a Germanic people that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d., settling mainly in Kent.

Jut′ish, adj.

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Noun	1.	jute - a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks rope - a strong line bagging, sacking - coarse fabric used for bags or sacks plant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants
	2.	Jute - a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons European - a native or inhabitant of Europe

Translations

قِنَّب

jutajutový

jute

Jute

jute

juta

júta; basttrefjar

iuta

džiutas

džuta

jute

джут

jutajutový

Hint keneviri/kendiri

黄麻

Jute

[dʒuːt] N → juto/a m/f

jute

[dʒuːt] N → yute m

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jute

[ˈdʒuːt]

n → jute m

modif [sack, bag] → de jute; [crop, mill] → de jute

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jute

n → Jute f

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jute

[dʒuːt] n → iuta

jute

(dʒuːt) noun, adjective

(of) the fibre of certain plants found in Pakistan and India, used for making sacks etc.

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So I got a job at the jute mills--a ten-hour day at ten cents an hour.

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It was in the dock in Dundee, where we had brought a full cargo of jute from Calcutta.

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At fifteen she had graduated from grammar school and gone to work in the jute mills for four dollars a week, three of which she had paid to Sarah.

When you left the orphan asylum and how old you were, how long you worked in the jute mills, the cannery, the paper-box factory, the laundry--maybe you think I can't do addition.

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"There are the jute mills, you know, and the same thing goes on there.

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The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes occupied territories in the region which includes parts of the present Holland, of Germany about the mouth of the Elbe, and of Denmark.

the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes began to harry the southern and eastern shores of Britain, where the Romans were obliged to maintain a special military establishment against them.

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In my "Authoress of the Odyssey" I thought "Jutland" would be a suitable translation, but it has been pointed out to me that "Jutland" only means the land of the Jutes.

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Speaking to ANI, Shashi Kala, the Chairman of Yuva Foundation, who orgainsed this attempt, said, "Nine visually challenged people from Yuva Foundation set out to make a Guinness World Record by sewing a 66-feet high and 33-feet wide jute bag without a handle.

Coimbatore: 9 visually challenged people stitched 'world's largest jute bag' to make entry in Guinness Record

'Nine to ten years back, the farmers lost interest on jute cultivation as they did not get fair prices," said the official.

Jute harvesting goes on in Rajshahi division

'Bangladesh has also influenced Pakistan's jute industry by banning the product's export to Pakistan from time to time,' he revealed.