Word.ws English Dictionary

haberdashery

haberdashery noun: ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.

Noun

haberdashery (countable and uncountable, plural haberdasheries)

  1. Ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.
  2. A shop selling such goods.
  3. A shop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats.

haberdashery meaning in Urdu and Persian

haberdashery in Urdu

بزاز, مردانہ کپڑے کی دکان

haberdashery in Persian

ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
لوازم خرازی
a shop selling such goods
خرازی

Forms of haberdashery

pluralhaberdasheries

Origin of haberdashery

From haberdasher + -y (nominalizer).

Questions about haberdashery

What does haberdashery mean?
Haberdashery means ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.
What is haberdashery in Urdu?
Haberdashery in Urdu is بزاز, مردانہ کپڑے کی دکان. See Haberdashery meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is haberdashery?
Haberdashery is a noun.
What is the plural of haberdashery?
The plural of haberdashery is haberdasheries.

Words near haberdashery in the dictionary

  1. haberdasheries
  2. haberdashers
  3. haberdashers of pronouns
  4. haberdasherware
  5. haberdasherwares
  6. haberdashery
  7. haberdashes
  8. haberdashing
  9. haberdine
  10. haberdines
  11. Haberfield

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: haberdashery (page history and authors); haberdashery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-haberdashery.wav.

Cite this entry: “haberdashery.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/haberdashery. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.