Real Dictionary

tissue
a container used for holding or serving food, esp an open shallow container of pottery, glass, etc [...]
a large solid piece of wood, stone, or other material with flat rectangular sides, as for use in building [...]
a part of an organism consisting of a large number of cells having a similar structure and function [...]
a shallow usually circular dish made of porcelain, earthenware, glass, etc, on which food is served or from which food is eaten [...]
a substance produced by homogenizing [...]
an element or cause that contributes to a result [...]
the act of distributing or the state or manner of being distributed [...]
the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words [...]
the maintenance of metabolic equilibrium within an animal by a tendency to compensate for disrupting changes [...]
the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action [...]
countable noun: A tissue is a piece of thin soft paper that you use to blow your nose.
uncountable noun: In animals and plants, tissue consists of cells that are similar to each other in appearance and that have the same function.
uncountable noun: Tissue or tissue paper is thin paper that is used for wrapping things that are easily damaged, such as objects made of glass or china.