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JACQUARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
Synonyms:
Jacquard; Jacquard loom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Jacquard" is a kind of...):
loom (a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("jacquard" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
Synonyms:
Jacquard; Joseph M. Jacquard; Joseph Marie Jacquard
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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