mannequin
mannequin
Definition
man·ne·quin (man′ə kin)
noun
- a model of the human body, used by tailors, window dressers, artists, etc.
- a woman whose work is modeling clothes in stores, etc.
Etymology: Fr < Du manneken: see manikin
mannequin
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dress: She is dressing a mannequin, placing intimate garments across its plastic, armless form.
- use: They used mannequins and other aids from the clinical skills department to encourage active learning.
- make: They then made mannequins using man- made fabrics for modern uniforms and cottons for the Victorian clothes.
- feature: The window displays feature mannequins that appear to be suspended in midair.
- contain: The window displays contain mannequins dressed in brown parchment paper.
Adjective modifier
- life-size: A few yards further on, the assembly of the first Shanghai is depicted in a heroic diorama complete with life-size mannequins.
- female: Peter is seeking a more suitable wig for the female mannequin, who at the time of writing sports a blond 1980s style.
- lifelike: Here, the sight of a dynamic, lifelike mannequin attracted the crowds.
- deteriorating: Much of the film is set in a government-created test city in which deteriorating mannequins take the place of actual humans.
- wholesale: Wholesale mannequins and wholesale forms: eSources is your online wholesale directory of wholesale mannequins and forms.
Modifies a noun
- parade: The Seventies was the era of mannequin parades, beauty contests and theme pubs.
- part: A shot of a crotch, buttocks, a silhouette, intermingling with mannequin parts.
- supplier: The LFF are also negotiating with a mannequin supplier for the shop front window to enable a standardized image for the shop.
Noun used with modifier
- shop: He caught himself making a face at a group of shop window mannequins who stared back with dull opaque eyes.
- fashion: Her profile recalls Greek classical sculpture as well as fashion mannequins of the period.
- shop-window: Cut to hilarious misunderstanding involving a shop-window mannequin and a cadaver.
- display: Some were injured and others resorted to tearing the clothes off display mannequins.
- size: Life size mannequins dressed in color co-ordinated workwear were the cleaners.
Preposition: in
- window: It's the mannequins in the shop front window that get me.
Preposition: with
- face: By Oliver Standing 24 June 2005 0 comments Arts Corp. of Tokyo have developed a life-size mannequin with countless faces.
