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BROADLOOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does broadloom mean?
• BROADLOOM (noun)
The noun BROADLOOM has 1 sense:
1. a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
Familiarity information: BROADLOOM used as a noun is very rare.
• BROADLOOM (adjective)
The adjective BROADLOOM has 1 sense:
1. (of rugs or carpets) woven full width
Familiarity information: BROADLOOM used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("broadloom" is a kind of...):
carpet; carpeting; rug (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of rugs or carpets) woven full width
Context example:
a broadloom rug
Similar:
seamless (not having or joined by a seam or seams)
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