tis‧sue /ˈtɪʃuː, -sjuː $ -ʃuː/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: tissu 'fine cloth', from tistre 'to weave', from Latin texere; ⇒ text]

1. [countable] a piece of soft thin paper, used especially for blowing your nose on:
a box of tissues

2. [uncountable] (also tissue paper) light thin paper used for wrapping, packing etc

3. [uncountable] the material forming animal or plant cells
lung/brain etc tissue

4. a tissue of lies British English a story or account that is completely untrue

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

tissue
noun
I. organic material
ADJ. living | healthy, normal Vitamin C helps maintain healthy connective tissue.
damaged, diseased | animal, human, plant Dyes were extracted by boiling the plant tissue.
body, brain, intestinal, muscle, etc. | connective, scar | fat, fatty, fibrous, soft She treats skin and soft tissue injuries in casualty.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tissue
II. paper handkerchief
ADJ. paper | toilet
QUANT. box, pack, packet, wad She grabbed a wad of tissues from the box and soaked up the spilt wine.
VERB + TISSUE use
PREP. on a/the ~ He wiped his nose on a tissue.
with a/the ~ She gently dabbed her eyes with a tissue.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲