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filatory

UK/ˈfɪlətəɹi/US/ˈfɪləˌtɔɹi/

filatory noun: a machine for forming threads.

Noun

filatory (plural filatories)

  1. (obsolete) A machine for forming threads.
    • It [a silk manufactory] has 3 filatories, each of 640 reels, which are set in motion by a water-wheel; and besides a small filatory, turned by men.1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century

Forms of filatory

pluralfilatories

Origin of filatory

From Latin filatorium (“place for spinning”), from filare (“to spin”), from filum (“a thread”).

Questions about filatory

What does filatory mean?
Filatory means a machine for forming threads.
What part of speech is filatory?
Filatory is a noun.
How do you pronounce filatory?
Filatory is pronounced /ˈfɪlətəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of filatory?
The plural of filatory is filatories.

Words near filatory in the dictionary

  1. filasterian
  2. filasterians
  3. Filastin
  4. Filatiev
  5. filatories
  6. filatory
  7. Filatov's disease
  8. filatovite
  9. filature
  10. filatures
  11. Filatyev

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