Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Sewing a placket
Placket shirt
Continuous lap pl...
Sewing instructio...
Poet shirt
Clothing label
Sweetheart neckli...
Collar stand
Nearby Words
placer-mining
placerville
placeseeker
placet
placetas
placid
placidity
placido disk
placido domingo
placido's disk
placido's-disk
placido-disk
placidos disk
placidos-disk
placidyl
placit
placitory
placitum
plack
plackart
placket
placode
placoderm
placodermal
placodermata
placodermi
placoganoid
placoganoidei
placoid
placoidian
placophora
placque
placuna
placuna placent...
plafond
plaga
plagal
plagal cadence
plagal-cadence
plagate
plage
placket
[
plak
-it
]
plack·et
/
ˈplæk
ɪt
/
Show Spelled
[
plak
-it
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
the opening or slit at the top of a skirt, or in a dress or blouse, that facilitates putting it on and taking it off.
2.
a pocket, especially one in a woman's skirt.
3.
Archaic
.
a.
a petticoat.
b.
a woman.
Origin:
1595–1605;
variant of
placard
breastplate <
Old French,
derivative of
plaquier
to plate <
Middle Dutch
placken
to patch;
compare
plaque
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
placket
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Placket
is always a great word to know.
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
So is
slumgullion
. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
placket
(ˈplækɪt)
—
n
1.
a piece of cloth sewn in under a closure with buttons, hooks and eyes, zips, etc
2.
the closure itself
[C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch
plackaet
breastplate, from Medieval Latin
placca
metal plate]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Searching for
placket
?
How many words do you actually know?
FIND OUT
Related Words
Henley
Rugby shirt
MORE
Quote Of The Day
"I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates."
-Angela Carter
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT
How many words do you know?
FIND OUT