mannequin
noun
man·ne·quin
ˈma-ni-kən 
1
: an artist's, tailor's, or dressmaker's lay figure
also
: a form representing the human figure used especially for displaying clothes
2
: one employed to model clothing
Examples of mannequin in a Sentence
the mannequin over there looks so real
mannequins striding down the catwalk in the designer's spring collection
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Rolls of satin were stacked under a worktable; a mannequin in a strapless gown made of Chantilly lace stood near an armoire.
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Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Pedestrians walk past a Nike store featuring a modern design and mannequins displaying winter apparel on December 5, 2024, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Rober ran several additional tests, including seeing whether the vehicle would stop for a mannequin standing in the road under both clear conditions and in rain and fog.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
The Lexus stopped in both scenarios, but the Tesla on Autopilot struggled to detect the mannequin in adverse weather conditions.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
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Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Pedestrians walk past a Nike store featuring a modern design and mannequins displaying winter apparel on December 5, 2024, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Rober ran several additional tests, including seeing whether the vehicle would stop for a mannequin standing in the road under both clear conditions and in rain and fog.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
The Lexus stopped in both scenarios, but the Tesla on Autopilot struggled to detect the mannequin in adverse weather conditions.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Mannequin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mannequin. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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mannequin
noun
man·ne·quin
ˈman-i-kən
1
: an artist's, tailor's, or dressmaker's jointed figure of the human body
2
: a form representing the human figure used especially for displaying clothes
3
: a person employed to model clothing
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