Nearby Words
Synonyms

pleater

[pleet] Origin

pleat

[pleet]
noun
1.
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
verb (used with object)
2.
to fold or arrange in pleats.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Pleater is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Also, plait.


Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; variant of plait

pleat·er, noun
pleat·less, adjective
un·pleat·ed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To pleater
Collins
World English Dictionary
pleater (ˈpliːtə)
 
n
an attachment on a sewing machine that makes pleats

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
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

pleat
1570, used as the verb version of plait (q.v.). Later (1581) as a noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature