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NANKEEN

Dictionary entry overview: What does nankeen mean?

• NANKEEN (noun)
The noun NANKEEN has 1 sense:

1. a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color

Familiarity information: NANKEEN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NANKEEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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