millinery
pronunciation
How to pronounce millinery in British English:
UK [ˈmɪlɪnəri]
How to pronounce millinery in American English:
US [ˈmɪlɪneri]
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- Noun:
- shop selling women's hats
- hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner
Word Origin
- millinery (n.)
- 1670s; see milliner + -y (1).
Example
- 1. Her aunt \'s modest millinery shop
- 2. Students this week have presented their collections including menswear , womenswear , knitwear , and footwear , accessories and millinery .
- 3. millinery motif of plaiting materials ( excl. artificial flowers , etc. ) The producer is trying to increase productivity and the quality of their products .
- 4. Americans are not always sure what to do with hats , said Rachel Trevor-Morgan , who was seated in the second-floor showroom of her millinery at 18 Crown Passage .
- 5. An exception may be made for next month \'s Royal Ascot , where the competition to display the most absurd millinery serves as a consolation prize for those who lose at the horses , but , really , such costume should not leave the royal enclosure .