millinery
noun
mil·li·nery
ˈmi-lə-ˌner-ē 
1
: women's apparel for the head
2
: the business or work of a milliner
Examples of millinery in a Sentence
a shop that sells millinery
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Years before, the lensman did research in its Patricia D. Klingenstein Library for his millinery work.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Burris, the sole designer with a flagship store in Chinatown, surmised that an UES customer would respond well to her summer millinery collection.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Included are 21 grocery stores, 11 general stores, four dry-goods stores, five notions and millinery stores, four drugstores, four second-hand stores, three butcher shops, three bookstores, three sawmills, two bathhouses, two blacksmiths, two hardware stores, two flour mills and two meat markets.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025
For the annual event, her millinery goes through about 700 yards of silk and, like White’s design, can create hats with 50 or more petal pieces that are hand sewn together.
—Morgan Evans, Vogue, 3 May 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Burris, the sole designer with a flagship store in Chinatown, surmised that an UES customer would respond well to her summer millinery collection.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Included are 21 grocery stores, 11 general stores, four dry-goods stores, five notions and millinery stores, four drugstores, four second-hand stores, three butcher shops, three bookstores, three sawmills, two bathhouses, two blacksmiths, two hardware stores, two flour mills and two meat markets.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025
For the annual event, her millinery goes through about 700 yards of silk and, like White’s design, can create hats with 50 or more petal pieces that are hand sewn together.
—Morgan Evans, Vogue, 3 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for millinery
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“Millinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millinery. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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millinery
noun
mil·li·nery
ˈmil-ə-ˌner-ē
1
: women's hats
2
: the business or work of a milliner
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