[syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mannequin
n 1: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin,
mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model]
2: a life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: mannequin,
manikin, mannikin, manakin, form]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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