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HABERDASHERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haberdashery mean? 

HABERDASHERY (noun)
  The noun HABERDASHERY has 2 senses:

1. a store where men's clothes are soldplay

2. the drygoods sold by a haberdasherplay

  Familiarity information: HABERDASHERY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HABERDASHERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A store where men's clothes are sold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clothing store; haberdashery; haberdashery store; mens store

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

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haberdashery"):

slopseller's shop; slopshop (a store that sells cheap ready-made clothing)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The drygoods sold by a haberdasher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

haberdashery; men's furnishings

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

drygoods; soft goods (textiles or clothing and related merchandise)


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