tissue

Definition

  • noun: a piece of soft and very thin paper that is used especially for cleaning
  • noun: a fine lightweight often sheer fabric
  • synonyms: texture, interweave, web

Examples

  • The article was nothing but 'a tissue of lies'.

  • The drug can damage the body's 'tissues'.

  • a sample of brain/lung/muscle 'tissue'

Movie quotes

  • (..) of the bullet that are like razor blades... Sir, yes, sir! ...tearing their internal organs, their liver, their lungs, their heart... ...bringing tissue, bone, blood, brain matter, and that's called a blowback. Fuck you. Fucking queers. Firemen getting pussy for the first time (..)
    2006 The Departed