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Definition of loom noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

loom

noun
 
/luːm/
 
/luːm/
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  1. a machine for making cloth by crossing threads over and under other threads that go in a different direction
    Word Originnoun Old English gelōma ‘tool’, shortened to lome in Middle English.
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