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BOMBAZINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bombazine mean?
• BOMBAZINE (noun)
The noun BOMBAZINE has 1 sense:
1. a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted
Familiarity information: BOMBAZINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments
Hypernyms ("bombazine" 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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