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CHIPPENDALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chippendale mean?
• CHIPPENDALE (noun)
The noun CHIPPENDALE has 1 sense:
1. a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
Familiarity information: CHIPPENDALE used as a noun is very rare.
• CHIPPENDALE (adjective)
The adjective CHIPPENDALE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings
Familiarity information: CHIPPENDALE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Chippendale; Thomas Chippendale
Instance hypernyms:
cabinetmaker; furniture maker (a woodworker who specializes in making furniture)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Chippendale (a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779))
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