"swansdown" meaning in All languages combined

See swansdown on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: swansdowns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} swansdown (usually uncountable, plural swansdowns)
  1. The down of a swan. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Swans Translations (Down of a swan): Schwanendaune [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-swansdown-en-noun-XKp34T4K Disambiguation of Swans: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 90 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'Down of a swan': 100 0
  2. A soft woolen fabric; flannelette. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (Soft woolen fabric): Barchent [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-swansdown-en-noun-aGlkWAvE Disambiguation of Fabrics: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'Soft woolen fabric': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swan's-down, swan's down

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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