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filatures

filatures is the plural of filature.

Meaning of filature

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

Questions about filatures

What is filatures the plural of?
Filatures is the plural of filature.

Words near filatures in the dictionary

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

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