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garnett

garnett verb: to pull apart textile fiber waste material, such as old rags, in preparation for carding.

Verb

garnett (third-person singular simple present garnetts, present participle garnetting, simple past and past participle garnetted)

  1. (transitive) To pull apart textile fiber waste material, such as old rags, in preparation for carding.

Noun

garnett (plural garnetts)

  1. A machine that reduces textile fibre waste to a fibrous state in preparation for carding

Proper noun capitalized: Garnett

Garnett

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Kansas, United States.

Forms of garnett

Verb
third-person singular presentgarnetts
present participlegarnetting
past participlegarnetted
pastgarnetted
Noun
pluralgarnetts

Words formed from garnett

Questions about garnett

What does garnett mean?
Garnett means to pull apart textile fiber waste material, such as old rags, in preparation for carding.
What part of speech is garnett?
Garnett can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of garnett?
The past tense of garnett is garnetted.

Words near garnett in the dictionary

  1. garnetites
  2. garnetohedra
  3. garnetohedral
  4. garnetohedron
  5. garnets
  6. garnett
  7. garnetted
  8. garnetter
  9. garnetters
  10. garnetting
  11. garnetts

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