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1. the sphere of work by women • Hypernyms: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena 2. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning • Hypernyms: staff • Part Holonyms: spinning wheel
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman - female sensitiveness - female suffrage • Syn: female • Similar to: feminine • Derivationally related forms: female (for: female), femaleness (for: female)
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