filatory

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UK/ˈfɪlətəɹi/UK/ˈfɪlətɹi/US/ˈfɪləˌtɔɹi/

noun

A machine for forming threads.

OriginLatin filatorium →
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Meanings

nounfilatory (plural filatories)

plural filatories

  1. obsoleteA machine for forming threads.

    It [a silk manufactory] has 3 filatories, each of 640 reels, which are set in motion by a water-wheel; and besides a small filatory, turned by men.

    1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century

Origin

  1. Latinfilatorium“place for spinning”
  2. Englishfilatory

From Latin filatorium (“place for spinning”), from filare (“to spin”), from filum (“a thread”).

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APA

filatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filatory

MLA

“filatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filatory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filatory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filatory.

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