HOMESPUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homespun mean? 

• HOMESPUN (noun)
  The noun HOMESPUN has 1 sense:

1. a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

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

• HOMESPUN (adjective)
  The adjective HOMESPUN has 3 senses:

1. of textiles; having a rough surface

2. characteristic of country life

3. made of cloth spun or woven in the home

  Familiarity information: HOMESPUN used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMESPUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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

russet (a reddish brown homespun fabric)

Derivation:

homespun (made of cloth spun or woven in the home)

homespun (of textiles; having a rough surface)

• HOMESPUN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of textiles; having a rough surface

Synonyms:

homespun; nubbly; nubby; slubbed; tweedy

Context example:

a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns

Similar:

rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)

Derivation:

homespun (a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characteristic of country life

Synonyms:

cracker-barrel; homespun

Context example:

the air of homespun country boys

Similar:

rural (living in or characteristic of farming or country life)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Made of cloth spun or woven in the home

Context example:

homespun garments

Similar:

homemade (made or produced in the home or by yourself)

Derivation:

homespun (a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home)