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Axminster

Axminster proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998).

Proper noun

Axminster

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998).

Noun

Axminster (plural Axminsters)

  1. A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile.
    • A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...

Forms of Axminster

pluralAxminsters

Origin of Axminster

From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster.

Questions about Axminster

What does Axminster mean?
Axminster means a market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998).
What part of speech is Axminster?
Axminster can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Axminster in the dictionary

  1. axmakers
  2. axmaking
  3. axman
  4. axmanship
  5. axmen
  6. Axminster
  7. Axminstered
  8. Axminsters
  9. Axmouth
  10. AXO
  11. axo-

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