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PINSTRIPE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pinstripe mean?

• PINSTRIPE (noun)
The noun PINSTRIPE has 3 senses:

1. a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes
2. a fabric with very thin stripes
3. a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric)

Familiarity information: PINSTRIPE used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• PINSTRIPE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

suit; suit of clothes (a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A fabric with very thin stripes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

band; banding; stripe (an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material)

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