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FILATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filature mean? 

FILATURE (noun)
  The noun FILATURE has 1 sense:

1. a bobbin used in spinning silk into threadplay

  Familiarity information: FILATURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FILATURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

bobbin; reel; spool (a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound)


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