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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Axminster
 
SYLLABICATION:Ax·min·ster
PRONUNCIATION:  ksmnstr
NOUN: A carpet with stiff backing and a soft, colorful cut pile usually arranged in a complex pattern.
ETYMOLOGY:After Axminster, a town of southwest England.
 
 
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