Mannequin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mannequin \mannequin\ n.
     1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion
        model. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: fashion model, model.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display
        clothes, especially in retail stores and in window
        displays; a dummy. [WordNet sense 2]
  
     Syn: manikin, mannikin, manakin.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. A model of a human form used by tailors to help make
        clothing of the proper shape.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mannequin
       n 1: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
            fat to be a mannequin" [syn: {manikin}, {mannikin}, {manakin},
             {fashion model}, {model}]
       2: a life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: {manikin}, {mannikin},
           {manakin}, {form}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "mannequin":
     bust, carving, clay model, doll, dolly, dummy, fantoccini, figure,
     figurehead, figurine, gingerbread man, lay figure, man of straw,
     manikin, marionette, mock-up, model, monument, pilot model,
     portrait bust, puppet, scarecrow, sculpture, snowman, statuary,
     statue, statuette, wax figure, waxwork, wood carving, wood model