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MOREEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moreen mean?
• MOREEN (noun)
The noun MOREEN has 1 sense:
1. a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains
Familiarity information: MOREEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("moreen" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Context examples
I mounted into the window- seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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