Terry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the uncut loops that form the pile of a fabric.
  • n. A pile fabric, usually woven of cotton, with uncut loops on both sides, used for bath towels and robes. Also called terry cloth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A textile fabric of wool or silk, woven like velvet, but with the loops uncut.
  • n. In rope-making, an open reel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. English actress (1847-1928)
  • n. a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
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    actress    cloth    toweling    fabric    towelling    material    textile   
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    Arie    Azeri    Barrie    Barry    Berri    Berry    Bury    Canary    Carey    Carrie   
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