GAUFFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gauffer mean? 

• GAUFFER (noun)
  The noun GAUFFER has 2 senses:

1. an iron used to press pleats and ridges

2. an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats

  Familiarity information: GAUFFER used as a noun is rare.

• GAUFFER (verb)
  The verb GAUFFER has 1 sense:

1. make wavy with a heated goffering iron

  Familiarity information: GAUFFER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAUFFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An iron used to press pleats and ridges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gauffer; gauffering iron; goffer; goffering iron

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

iron; smoothing iron (home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gauffer; goffer

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

flounce; frill; furbelow; ruffle (a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim)

• GAUFFER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gauffer    ... he / she / it gauffers   
Past simple: gauffered   
Past participle: gauffered   
-ing form: gauffering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make wavy with a heated goffering iron

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

gauffer; goffer

Context example:

goffer the trim of the dress

Hypernyms (to "gauffer" is one way to...):

wave (set waves in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something