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MILLINERY

• MILLINERY (noun)
The noun MILLINERY has 2 senses:

1. shop selling women's hats
2. hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner

Familiarity information: MILLINERY used as a noun is rare.

• MILLINERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Shop selling women's hats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hat shop; millinery

Hypernyms ("millinery" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

woman's hat; millinery

Hypernyms ("millinery" is a kind of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "millinery"):

church hat (a fanciful hat of the kind worn by Black women for Sunday worship)

cloche (a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet)

picture hat (a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim)

pillbox; toque; turban (a small round woman's hat)

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