Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Cartwright, Edmund
     
Cartwright, Edmund
(1743-1823) a British engineer who invented machines that were used in factories to make cloth, and that did jobs which were previously done by people
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary