millinery
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- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪnəri/
:
sombrerería
- After years of designing, her dream of opening a millinery became a reality.
- millinery shop
- millinery veil
- millinery trade
So he taught himself millinery hat making in order to make a perfect Raiders of the Lost Ark hat.
- So he taught himself millinery hat making in order to make a perfect Raiders of the Lost Ark hat.
Examples
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A supervisor, recognizing her talent, promoted Greta from the millinery department to women's ready-to-wear, where she prospered.
Fiction book (1999) -
In wooden cases hung samples of dressmaking, sewing, tailoring, and millinery crafted by dexterous women students.
Blog text (22) -
I think she should stop working in that millinery shop.
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My mother was a millinery buyer for a small department store.
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Now, there's this millinery shop run by a charming woman.
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Women have to wear hats to his Tuesday afternoon tea, and we've sold out of millinery.
Fiction book (2000) -
These hats Andzia herself sold to millinery shops.
Fiction book (1993) -
Bluma DeYoung Gans, born in Philadelphia, moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1875, where she entered the millinery, dressmaking, and fancy dry goods business.
Academic text (2003) -
She owns a charming little millinery that specializes in vintage hats.
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The boutique features a wide selection of millinery for every occasion.
Synonyms
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A shop that sells hats, often for women
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A hat made for women that follows fashion
A local shop that makes and sells women's hats
A business that makes hats
The work of making hats
How Industrial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Millinery comes from milliner, a name for sellers of fine goods from Milan, the Italian city known for fashion. Over time milliner came to mean a maker or seller of women's 'hats', so millinery now means women's hats or the hat-making business.