noun
Meaning 1
Fineness; beauty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
finery
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfaɪnəɹi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: F AY1 N ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
fine point; minute characteristic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, ironworking, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 5
elaborate or showy attire and accessories
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attire, garb, dress
Narrower terms: Sunday best, Sunday clothes
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: премяна (premjana) — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Bulgarian: натруфеност (natrufenost) — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Czech: paráda — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Finnish: kruusaus — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Finnish: hepenet — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Finnish: helyt — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Kazakh: үлде мен бүлде (ülde men bülde) — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Māori: whakapaipai — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Russian: убранство (ubranstvo) — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Swedish: stass — excessive decoration, showy clothes, jewels
- Bulgarian: пещ за рафиниране (pešt za rafinirane) — charcoal hearth
- Czech: pudlovací pec — charcoal hearth