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HOMESPUN FABRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homespun fabric mean?
• HOMESPUN FABRIC (noun)
The noun HOMESPUN FABRIC has 1 sense:
1. a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home
Familiarity information: HOMESPUN FABRIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
homespun; homespun fabric
Hypernyms ("homespun fabric" 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 fabric"):
russet (a reddish brown homespun fabric)
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