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DRYGOODS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drygoods mean?
• DRYGOODS (noun)
The noun DRYGOODS has 1 sense:
1. textiles or clothing and related merchandise
Familiarity information: DRYGOODS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Textiles or clothing and related merchandise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
drygoods; soft goods
Hypernyms ("drygoods" is a kind of...):
commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drygoods"):
haberdashery; men's furnishings (the drygoods sold by a haberdasher)
household linen; white goods (drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth)
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