"swansdown" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'Down of a swan': 99 1
  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: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'Soft woolen fabric': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swan's-down, swan's down

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