"finery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪnəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-finery.wav Forms: fineries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} finery (countable and uncountable, plural fineries)
  1. (obsolete) Fineness; beauty. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-finery-en-noun-uqp~hodC
  2. (countable) Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels. Tags: countable Translations (excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels): премяна (premjana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), натруфеност (natrufenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), paráda [feminine] (Czech), kruusaus (english: decoration) (Finnish), hepenet (english: clothes) [plural] (Finnish), helyt (english: jewels) [plural] (Finnish), whakapaipai (Maori), убранство (ubranstvo) [masculine] (Russian), stass [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-finery-en-noun--IlLkvEv Disambiguation of 'excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels': 1 96 1 3
  3. fine point; minute characteristic Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-finery-en-noun-Auu2dHKe
  4. (ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (charcoal hearth): refinery Translations (charcoal hearth): пещ за рафиниране (pešt za rafinirane) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pudlovací pec (Czech)
    Sense id: en-finery-en-noun-GU0aDVyM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 27 8 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 32 7 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 34 13 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 17 5 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 27 9 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 28 12 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 26 11 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 26 11 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 22 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 26 10 58 Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, ironworking, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'charcoal hearth': 2 10 2 86 Disambiguation of 'charcoal hearth': 2 10 2 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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