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PASSEMENTERIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does passementerie mean? 

PASSEMENTERIE (noun)
  The noun PASSEMENTERIE has 1 sense:

1. a decoration or adornment on a garmentplay

  Familiarity information: PASSEMENTERIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PASSEMENTERIE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A decoration or adornment on a garment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

passementerie; trim; trimming

Context example:

the trim on a shirt

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

adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)

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

braid; braiding; gold braid (trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains)

miniver (trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur)

rickrack; ricrac (a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming)


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