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HANDLOOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handloom mean? 

HANDLOOM (noun)
  The noun HANDLOOM has 1 sense:

1. a loom powered by handplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HANDLOOM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A loom powered by hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

loom (a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile)

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

high-warp loom (a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically; for weaving tapestry)

low-warp-loom (a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry)


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