[ noun ] a piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief <noun.substance>
Kleenex \Kleenex\ prop. n. [Trademark] A piece of soft absorbent tissue paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief; -- still a current trademark, but often used generically. [Trademark]
Syn: tissue. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Last year, an even softer Kleenex was introduced, incorporating expensive eucalyptus pulp.
Kimberly-Clark, which makes Kleenex brand tissues and Huggies brand disposable diapers, attributed most of its second-quarter sales growth to price increases in foreign consumer products and services, domestic pulp and paper and disposable diapers.
Like Kleenex and Hoover, Cole-Haans are almost a generic term to Americans.
Pass the Kleenex. It is 'obvious' that there are better ways to help the poor than by acting on a sudden sentimental impulse as Wenceslas did.
The Dallas-based company makes Kleenex facial tissue, Huggies diaper products, newsprint and other specialty papers.