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Passementerie

Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

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Broader term 1

Adornment 76% connected

An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 4

Braid 76% connected

To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Braiding 76% connected

of Braid

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Miniver 76% connected

A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rickrack 76% connected

A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Trim 74% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trim 74% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Trim 92% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Trimming 92% connected

of Trim

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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