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PASSEMENTERIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does passementerie mean?
• PASSEMENTERIE (noun)
The noun PASSEMENTERIE has 1 sense:
1. a decoration or adornment on a garment
Familiarity information: PASSEMENTERIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A decoration or adornment on a garment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Context example:
the trim on a shirt
Hypernyms ("passementerie" is a kind of...):
adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passementerie"):
braid; braiding; gold braid (trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains)
miniver (trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur)
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