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MANNEQUIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mannequin mean?
• MANNEQUIN (noun)
The noun MANNEQUIN has 2 senses:
1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
2. a life-size dummy used to display clothes
Familiarity information: MANNEQUIN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman who wears clothes to display fashions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fashion model; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin; model
Context example:
she was too fat to be a mannequin
Hypernyms ("mannequin" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mannequin"):
supermodel (a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A life-size dummy used to display clothes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
form; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin
Hypernyms ("mannequin" is a kind of...):
dummy (a figure representing the human form)
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