BATIK
- technique of hand-dyeing fabrics by using wax as a dye repellent to cover parts of a design, dyeing the uncovered fabric with a color or colors, and dissolving the wax in boiling water
- the fabric so decorated
- to hand-dye (material) using the technique of batik
- to dye fabric by a particular process [v BATIKED, BATIKING, BATIKS]
- an Indonesian dyed fabric [n -S] / to produce batik designs, also BATTIK [v -ED, -ING, -S]