shantungPronunciation: /ʃanˈtʌŋ/Definition of shantung noun [mass noun] a dress fabric spun from tussore silk with random irregularities in the surface texture: [as modifier]:a shantung blouseOrigin: late 19th century: from Shantung, where it was originally madeshantung in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shantung in the US English dictionary