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PONGEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pongee mean?
• PONGEE (noun)
The noun PONGEE has 1 sense:
1. a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)
Familiarity information: PONGEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pongee" 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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