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millinery

/ˌmɪləˈnɛri/
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Other forms: millineries

Definitions of millinery
  1. noun
    shop selling women's hats
    synonyms: hat shop
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    type of:
    shop, store
    a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
  2. noun
    hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner
    synonyms: woman's hat
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    types:
    church hat
    a fanciful hat of the kind worn by Black women for Sunday worship
    cloche
    a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet
    picture hat
    a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim
    pillbox, toque, turban
    a small round woman's hat
    type of:
    chapeau, hat, lid
    headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
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