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Another word for loom

Verb

  1. To come into view

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    see

  2. To be imminent

    3. See also:

    near

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Another word for loom

Noun
    2. See also:

    machine

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Sentence Examples

  • He invented the loom for the weaving of wire-cloth.

  • His first volume of poems, The Loom of Years, appeared in 1902, and his Collected Poems in 1910.

  • His first volume of poems, The Loom of Years, appeared in 1902, and his Collected Poems in 1910.

  • By far the majority of Lancashire manufacturers sell their goods as they come from the loom, or, as it is called, in the "grey state," but an increasing number now cultivate the trade in finished goods.

  • The power loom, owing to the improvement in its mechanism, has gained a distinct precedence and materially increased its producing power.

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