From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbatikba‧tik /bəˈtiːk, ˈbætɪk/ noun 1 [uncountable]TIMTIC a way of printing coloured patterns on cloth that involves putting wax over some parts of the cloth2 [countable, uncountable]TIM cloth that has been coloured in this way
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batik• Roma Ryan tells me she was a visual artist - she specialised in batik before she met Nicholas and produced a family.• Jay unpinned the batik, unscrewed the lock and pushed the window up.Origin batik (1800-1900) Malay Javanese, “painted” 