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• garnett
  garnett

  verb (used with object)

  to reduce (waste material) to its fibrous state for reuse in textile manufacturing.
• Garnett
  Garnett

  noun

  Constance Black, 1862–1946, English translator from Russian.

garnett

¹ American  

[gahr-net] / gɑrˈnɛt /

verb (used with object)

1. Textiles. to reduce (waste material) to its fibrous state for reuse in textile manufacturing.

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noun

1. a machine used in garnetting.

Garnett ² American  

[gahr-nit, gahr-net] / ˈgɑr nɪt, gɑrˈnɛt /

noun

1. Constance Black, 1862–1946, English translator from Russian.

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Garnett British  

/ ˈɡɑːnɪt /

noun

1. Constance. 1862–1946, British translator of Russian novels

2. her son, David. 1892–1981, British novelist and editor. His novels include Lady Into Fox (1922) and Aspects of Love (1955)

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• garnetter
  noun

Etymology

Origin of garnett

First recorded in 1885–90; after the surname Garnett

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Garnett

The orphanage’s cartoonishly villainous chairlady, Miss Garnett, is especially nasty to Meg—who is plucky and appealing, if perhaps a bit more precocious than seems credible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

District Judge Margaret Garnett released Van Dyke while he awaits trial, on conditions including that he surrenders his passport and any firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Garnett also said prosecutors would be allowed to feature evidence from Mangione's seized backpack he was wearing at the time of his arrest.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Friday's decision "is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury," Judge Margaret Garnett wrote in her opinion.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Down to the left he saw Garnett still on the horse.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara