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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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Other Word Forms

• garnetter noun

Etymology

Origin of garnett

First recorded in 1885–90; after the surname Garnett