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swansdown

swansdown noun: the down of a swan.

Noun

swansdown (usually uncountable, plural swansdowns)

  1. (usually) The down of a swan.
    • Oh, to be free of Princes' at one-thirty, of being the tiny kitten in the swansdown basket, of being the Arabian, and the grave, delighted child and the little wild creature. . . .1920, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Revelations”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, pages 266–267
  2. (usually) A soft woolen fabric; flannelette.

Forms of swansdown

pluralswansdowns
alternative formswan's-down
alternative formswan's down

Questions about swansdown

What does swansdown mean?
Swansdown means the down of a swan.
What part of speech is swansdown?
Swansdown is a noun.
What is the plural of swansdown?
The plural of swansdown is swansdowns.

Words near swansdown in the dictionary

  1. Swanpool
  2. swans
  3. Swans Crossing
  4. Swanscombe
  5. Swanscombe and Greenhithe
  6. swansdown
  7. swansdowns
  8. Swansea
  9. Swansea Bay
  10. Swansea Heads
  11. swanship

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