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FILATURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does filature mean?
• FILATURE (noun)
The noun FILATURE has 1 sense:
1. a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
Familiarity information: FILATURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("filature" is a kind of...):
bobbin; reel; spool (a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound)
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