TANNERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tannery mean? 

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

1. workplace where skins and hides are tanned

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANNERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Workplace where skins and hides are tanned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Derivation:

tan (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather)