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flannelgraph

flannelgraph noun: a board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.

Noun

flannelgraph (plural flannelgraphs)

  1. A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.
    Synonyms:
    flannelboard

Synonyms of flannelgraph

Forms of flannelgraph

pluralflannelgraphs

Origin of flannelgraph

From flannel + -graph.

Questions about flannelgraph

What does flannelgraph mean?
Flannelgraph means a board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.
What part of speech is flannelgraph?
Flannelgraph is a noun.
What is the plural of flannelgraph?
The plural of flannelgraph is flannelgraphs.

Words near flannelgraph in the dictionary

  1. flannelets
  2. flannelette
  3. flannelettes
  4. flannelflower
  5. flannelflowers
  6. flannelgraph
  7. flannelgraphs
  8. flanneling
  9. flannell
  10. flannelled
  11. flannelled fool

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