English Explanatory Dictionary

filature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
  2. A spool or bobbin used for the above.
  3. A place where silk is reeled onto spools.

Word forms

filature filatures
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