"Axminster" meaning in English

See Axminster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Acsan mynster}} Old English Acsan mynster, {{af|en|Axe|minster}} Axe + minster Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Axminster
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998). Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in Devon, England, Places in England, Towns in Devon, England, Towns in England
    Sense id: en-Axminster-en-name-eC90fovs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29

Noun

Forms: Axminsters [plural]
Etymology: From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Acsan mynster}} Old English Acsan mynster, {{af|en|Axe|minster}} Axe + minster Head templates: {{en-noun}} Axminster (plural Axminsters)
  1. A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile.
    Sense id: en-Axminster-en-noun-fTPOIEeK

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "Acsan mynster"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Acsan mynster",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Axe",
        "3": "minster"
      },
      "expansion": "Axe + minster",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Axminster",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Civil parishes of England",
          "orig": "en:Civil parishes of England",
          "parents": [
            "Civil parishes",
            "Places",
            "Political subdivisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Devon, England",
          "orig": "en:Places in Devon, England",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in England",
          "orig": "en:Places in England",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Towns in Devon, England",
          "orig": "en:Towns in Devon, England",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Towns in England",
          "orig": "en:Towns in England",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Axminster-en-name-eC90fovs",
      "links": [
        [
          "market town",
          "market town"
        ],
        [
          "civil parish",
          "civil parish"
        ],
        [
          "East Devon",
          "East Devon#English"
        ],
        [
          "Devon",
          "Devon#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "OS",
          "OS"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Axminster"
  ],
  "word": "Axminster"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "Acsan mynster"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Acsan mynster",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Axe",
        "3": "minster"
      },
      "expansion": "Axe + minster",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Axminsters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Axminster (plural Axminsters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:",
          "text": "A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile."
      ],
      "id": "en-Axminster-en-noun-fTPOIEeK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Turkey carpet",
          "Turkey carpet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Axminster"
  ],
  "word": "Axminster"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "Acsan mynster"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Acsan mynster",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Axe",
        "3": "minster"
      },
      "expansion": "Axe + minster",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Axminster",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Civil parishes of England",
        "en:Places in Devon, England",
        "en:Places in England",
        "en:Towns in Devon, England",
        "en:Towns in England"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "market town",
          "market town"
        ],
        [
          "civil parish",
          "civil parish"
        ],
        [
          "East Devon",
          "East Devon#English"
        ],
        [
          "Devon",
          "Devon#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "OS",
          "OS"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Axminster"
  ],
  "word": "Axminster"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "Acsan mynster"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Acsan mynster",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Axe",
        "3": "minster"
      },
      "expansion": "Axe + minster",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Axminsters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Axminster (plural Axminsters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:",
          "text": "A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Turkey carpet",
          "Turkey carpet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Axminster"
  ],
  "word": "Axminster"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Axminster meaning in English (2.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.