Definitions for filature

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filature fil·a·ture

Spelling: [fil-uh-cher, -choo r]

IPA: /ˈfɪl ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/

Filature is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in filature (aefilrtu).

Definitions for filature

noun

1. the act of forming into threads.
2. a reel for drawing off silk from cocoons.
3. the reeling of silk from cocoons.
4. an establishment for reeling silk.

Origin of filature

1750-60; French Medieval Latin fīlātūra the spinning art, equivalent to fīlāt(us) spun (past participle of fīlāre; see filament) + -ūra -ure

Examples for filature

The quality of raw silk depends, therefore, very much upon the skill and care bestowed upon its filature.

filature, fil′a-tūr, n. the reeling of silk, or the place where it is done.

I came into this filature when quite young, and it has taken me years to find out even the little I know now.

The boys exchanged a smile and passed on into the filature, as the factory where the reeling was done was called.