DRESSMAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dressmaking mean? 

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

1. the craft of making dresses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRESSMAKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craft of making dresses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dressmaking"):

couture (high fashion designing and dressmaking)

 Context examples 

She made a wry pucker with her mouth, as though to advertise her ignorance of dressmaking.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At that minute Jo was particularly absorbed in dressmaking, for she was mantua-maker general to the family, and took especial credit to herself because she could use a needle as well as a pen.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)