KNIFE PLEAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A single pleat turned in one direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("knife pleat" is a kind of...):

plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "knife pleat"):

sunburst pleat; sunray pleat (knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effect)

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