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VELVETEEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does velveteen mean?
• VELVETEEN (noun)
The noun VELVETEEN has 1 sense:
1. a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet
Familiarity information: VELVETEEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("velveteen" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
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