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GROSGRAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grosgrain mean?
• GROSGRAIN (noun)
The noun GROSGRAIN has 1 sense:
1. a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs
Familiarity information: GROSGRAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("grosgrain" 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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