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CONFETTI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does confetti mean?
• CONFETTI (noun)
The noun CONFETTI has 1 sense:
1. small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
Familiarity information: CONFETTI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("confetti" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
Context examples
Mutations in this gene are associated with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, ichthyosis with confetti, and cyclic ichthyosis with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis.
(KRT10 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Romantically, a blind date might work out magically on January 15 or 27 when Venus will be close enought to sprinkle glamorous confetti in your path.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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