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English noun: Jacquard | |||
| 1. | Jacquard (person) French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) | ||
| Synonyms | Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard | ||
| Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor | ||
| 2. | jacquard (artifact) a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cloth, fabric, material, textile | ||
| 3. | Jacquard (artifact) a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics | ||
| Synonyms | Jacquard loom | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | loom | ||
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