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Axminsters

Axminsters is the plural of Axminster.

Meaning of Axminster

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...

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Questions about Axminsters

What is Axminsters the plural of?
Axminsters is the plural of Axminster.

Words near Axminsters in the dictionary

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

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