TAMMY (tammied)

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Irregular inflected form: tammied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tammy mean? 

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

1. plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains

2. a woolen cap of Scottish origin

  Familiarity information: TAMMY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tammy" 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:

A woolen cap of Scottish origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tam; tam-o'-shanter; tammy

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

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)