Terry (redirected from terries)

Ter·ry  (tr), Clark Known as "Mumbles." Born 1920.

American jazz trumpeter and vocalist who was noted for his muted trumpet style and his mumbled scat singing.

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Terry, Dame Ellen Alice or Alicia 1847-1928.

British actress. The preeminent English-speaking actress of her day, she was known for her Shakespearean roles and her correspondence with George Bernard Shaw.

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Terry, Megan Originally Marguerite Duffy. Born 1932.

American playwright and feminist. A leader in American experimental theater, she is best known for her anti-war musical Viet Rock (1966).

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ter·ry  (tr)

n. pl. ter·ries

1. One of the uncut loops that form the pile of a fabric.

2. A pile fabric, usually woven of cotton, with uncut loops on both sides, used for bath towels and robes. Also called terry cloth.

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terry

Noun

a fabric covered on both sides with small uncut loops, used for towelling and nappies [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Terry - English actress (1847-1928) Dame Alice Ellen Terry, Dame Ellen Terry
	2.	terry - a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes terry cloth, terrycloth cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" toweling, towelling - any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels