shantung Syllabification: (shan·tung)Pronunciation: /SHanˈtəNG/Definition of shantung noun a dress fabric spun from tussore silk with random irregularities in the surface texture. Origin: late 19th century: from Shantung (see Shandong), where it was originally madeshantung in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shantung in the British & World English dictionary
