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Vocabulary Entry
filature
|noun • noun
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N
noun
The process of drawing out and spinning raw fibers into thread or yarn.
Example Sentences
"The filature of silk requires careful handling."
"Workers in the filature spun cotton into yarn."
"The old filature still stands by the river."
N
noun
A silk-spinning factory or spinning mill.
Example Sentences
"She toured a historic filature in the town."
"The filature employed dozens of workers."
"Smoke rose from the filature at dawn."