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pattern book

pattern book noun: a book containing samples of patterns and designs of cloth or wallpaper.

Noun

pattern book (plural pattern books)

  1. A book containing samples of patterns and designs of cloth or wallpaper.
  2. A book of architectural designs.
    • The idea of standard designs is as old as Brunel's pattern-book series of Tudor and Italianate designs for the Great Western Railway in the 1840s.2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 43

Forms of pattern book

pluralpattern books

Questions about pattern book

What does pattern book mean?
Pattern book means a book containing samples of patterns and designs of cloth or wallpaper.
What part of speech is pattern book?
Pattern book is a noun.
What is the plural of pattern book?
The plural of pattern book is pattern books.

Words near pattern book in the dictionary

  1. pattern
  2. pattern baldness
  3. pattern bargaining
  4. pattern board
  5. pattern boards
  6. pattern book
  7. pattern books
  8. pattern box
  9. pattern boxes
  10. pattern budget
  11. pattern budgets

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