millinery

CEFRC2

/ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Women's hats and the business of making or selling them.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A shop selling women's hats.

Examples

  • The elegant shop sold custom ladies' millinery and gloves.

  • Millinery skills are highly valued.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The business and work that a milliner engages in.

  2. Women's hats.

More examples

In context

  • The millinery shop sold beautiful hats.

  • The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone.

  • They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?"

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

She opened a shop specializing in elegant blank, selling stylish hats for women.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From milliner + -y (nominalizer).