MANNEQUIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mannequin mean? 

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

1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

2. a life-size dummy used to display clothes

  Familiarity information: MANNEQUIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANNEQUIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who wears clothes to display fashions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fashion model; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin; model

Context example:

she was too fat to be a mannequin

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

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

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

supermodel (a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A life-size dummy used to display clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

form; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin

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

dummy (a figure representing the human form)