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JACQUARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jacquard mean? 

JACQUARD (noun)
  The noun JACQUARD has 3 senses:

1. French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)play

2. a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loomplay

3. a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabricsplay

  Familiarity information: JACQUARD used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


JACQUARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jacquard; Joseph M. Jacquard; Joseph Marie Jacquard

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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


Sense 3

Meaning:

A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Jacquard; Jacquard loom

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

loom (a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile)


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