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VELVETEEN

Dictionary entry overview: What does velveteen mean?

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

1. a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet

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

Dictionary entry details

• VELVETEEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("velveteen" 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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