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HOMESPUN FABRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homespun fabric mean? 

HOMESPUN FABRIC (noun)
  The noun HOMESPUN FABRIC has 1 sense:

1. a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

  Familiarity information: HOMESPUN FABRIC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOMESPUN FABRIC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

homespun; homespun fabric

Hypernyms ("homespun fabric" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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

russet (a reddish brown homespun fabric)


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