Definition of condom noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

condom

noun

/ˈkɒndɒm/

/ˈkɑːndəm/

(British English also sheath)

(also North American English, formal or specialist prophylactic)
a thin rubber tube that a man wears over his penis during sex to stop a woman from becoming pregnant or to protect against disease
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adjective
- used
… of condoms
- box
- pack
- packet
- …
verb + condom
- put on
- use
- wear
- …
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female condom
a thin rubber device that a woman wears inside her vagina during sex to prevent herself from becoming pregnant

Word Originearly 18th cent.: of unknown origin; often said to be named after a physician who invented it, but no such person has been traced.

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