TERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Terry mean? 

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

1. English actress (1847-1928)

2. a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes

  Familiarity information: TERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English actress (1847-1928)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dame Alice Ellen Terry; Dame Ellen Terry; Terry

Instance hypernyms:

actress (a female actor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

terry; terry cloth; terrycloth

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

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

toweling; towelling (any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels)

 Context examples 

Our correspondent naïvely says that even Ellen Terry could not be so winningly attractive as some of these grubby-faced little children pretend—and even imagine themselves—to be.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Acts in concert with its partner the Canadian Cancer Society, and with The Terry Fox Foundation, to provide support for cancer research and related programs undertaken at Canadian universities, hospitals and other research institutions.

(National Cancer Institute of Canada, NCI Thesaurus)