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filature

filature noun: the process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.

Noun

filature (plural filatures)

  1. The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
  2. A spool or bobbin used for the above.
  3. A place where silk is reeled onto spools.
    • Weavers, reelers, wadders and those working in the filature refused to move, and when forced, produced inferior quality goods or ran away at the earliest opportunity, partly because they were separated from their families […]2011, Cultures of Knowledge: Technology in Chinese History, page 55

Forms of filature

pluralfilatures

Questions about filature

What does filature mean?
Filature means the process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
What part of speech is filature?
Filature is a noun.
What is the plural of filature?
The plural of filature is filatures.

Words near filature in the dictionary

  1. Filatiev
  2. filatories
  3. filatory
  4. Filatov's disease
  5. filatovite
  6. filature
  7. filatures
  8. Filatyev
  9. filazer
  10. filazers
  11. filberd

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