robe
noun/rəʊb/
/rəʊb/
- a long loose outer piece of clothing, especially one worn as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony
- coronation robes
- cardinals in scarlet robes
- a ghostly figure in flowing robes of white
- an old man swathed in robes
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- loose
- voluminous
- …
- don
- slip on
- wear
- …
- in a/the robe
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- (also bathrobe)a loose piece of clothing worn before and after taking a bathTopics Clothes and Fashionb2
- (also bathrobe (both North American English))(British English dressing gown)a long loose piece of clothing, usually with a belt, worn indoors over night clothes, for example when you first get out of bedTopics Clothes and Fashionb2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).
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