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MILLINERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner
Synonyms:
millinery; woman's hat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shop selling women's hats
Synonyms:
hat shop; millinery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("millinery" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
