Definitions for filatures

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filatures fil·a·ture

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

IPA: /ˈfɪl ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/

Filatures is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 808 anagrams from letters in filatures (aefilrstu).

Definitions for filatures

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 filatures

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

Examples for filatures

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

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

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

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