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CRETONNE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cretonne mean?
• CRETONNE (noun)
The noun CRETONNE has 1 sense:
1. an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
Familiarity information: CRETONNE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cretonne" 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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