SWAN'S DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swan's down mean? 

• SWAN'S DOWN (noun)
  The noun SWAN'S DOWN has 2 senses:

1. soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes

2. down of the swan

  Familiarity information: SWAN'S DOWN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAN'S DOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("swan's down" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Down of the swan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("swan's down" is a kind of...):

down; down feather (soft fine feathers)

Holonyms ("swan's down" is a part of...):

swan (stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult)