Of a fabric, textile, paper, etc.: made by a means other than weaving, knitting, or spinning a yarn, such as the chemical bonding or physical entangling of fibres.
nounnɒnˈwəʊvn
A non-woven material.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Forbes. From non- + woven.
Definition of non-woven in US English:
non-woven
adjectivenɒnˈwəʊvn
Of a fabric, textile, paper, etc.: made by a means other than weaving, knitting, or spinning a yarn, such as the chemical bonding or physical entangling of fibres.
nounnɒnˈwəʊvn
A non-woven material.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Forbes. From non- + woven.