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terry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun terry has 2 senses
- terry(n = noun.person) dame alice ellen terry, dame ellen terry - English actress (1847-1928); Array is a kind of actress
- terry(n = noun.artifact) terry cloth, terrycloth - a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes; Array is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile, toweling, towelling
CIDE DICTIONARY
terry, n.
A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
terry, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. -ies) a pile fabric with the loops uncut, used esp. for towels.
--adj. of this fabric.
--n. (pl. -ies) a pile fabric with the loops uncut, used esp. for towels.
--adj. of this fabric.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.
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