English dictionary

Jacquard

/'/dZ//&/k/A/rd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

Pertaining to, or invented by, <i>Jacquard</i>, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.

adjective

Source: webster1913

French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)

noun.person

Synonyms joseph m. jacquard joseph marie jacquard

Source: WordNet 3.0
a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

noun.artifact

Synonyms jacquard loom

Source: WordNet 3.0