clothing
Plural: clothings
Noun
- Garments collectively; attire worn on the body.
- a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
- Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
- An act or instance of putting clothes on.
- The art or process of making cloth.
- A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
Verb
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- cover as if with clothing
- present participle and gerund of clothe
Examples
- A poncho is an item of clothing used by many people in Latin America.
- A shirt is an article of clothing that covers the torso and arms.
- All but two pieces of clothing came out of the washing machine stained.
- His CLOTHING choices for the Scrabble tournament were surprisingly formal.
- Marco runs a clothing brand.
- The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.
- You should wear warm clothing when it is cold outside.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.
Synonyms
adorn, apparel, article of clothing, cloak, clothe, drape, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habiliment, habilitate, invest, raiment, robe, tog, vesture, wear, wearable, attire, clothes, clothing, wardrobe, weed
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
clothing: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordclothing: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
clothing: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary