Usually means: Process of spinning silk threads.
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  1. filature: Merriam-Webster
  2. filature: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. filature: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. filature: Collins English Dictionary
  5. filature: Vocabulary.com
  6. filature: Wordnik
  7. filature: Wiktionary
  8. filature: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. filature: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Filature, filature: Dictionary.com
  11. Filature: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. filature: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. filature: Rhymezone
  14. Filature: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. filature: FreeDictionary.org
  16. filature: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. filature: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. filature: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. filature: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (filature)

noun:  The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
noun:  A spool or bobbin used for the above.
noun:  A place where silk is reeled onto spools.

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