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

garment

noun
 
/ˈɡɑːmənt/
 
/ˈɡɑːrmənt/
(formal)
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  1. a piece of clothing
    • a strange shapeless garment that had once been a jacket
    • woollen/winter/outer garments
    Synonyms clothesclothesclothing garment dress wear gearThese are all words for the things that you wear, such as shirts, jackets, dresses and trousers.clothes [pl.] the things that you wear, such as shirts, jackets, dresses and trousers.clothing [U] (rather formal) clothes, especially a particular type of clothes:
    • warm clothing
    clothes or clothing?Clothing is more formal than clothes and is used especially to mean ‘a particular type of clothes’. There is no singular form of clothes or clothing: a piece/​an item/​an article of clothing is used to talk about one thing that you wear such as a dress or shirt.garment (formal) a piece of clothing:
    • He was wearing a strange shapeless garment.
    Garment should only be used in formal or literary contexts; in everyday contexts use a piece of clothing.
    dress [U] clothes, especially when worn in a particular style or for a particular occasion:
    • We were allowed to wear casual dress on Fridays.
    wear [U] (usually in compounds) clothes for a particular purpose or occasion, especially when they are being sold in shops:
    • the children’s wear department
    gear [U] (informal) clothes:
    • Her friends were all wearing the latest designer gear.
    Patterns
    • casual clothes/​clothing/​dress/​wear/​gear
    • evening/​formal clothes/​dress/​wear
    • designer/​sports clothes/​clothing/​garments/​wear/​gear
    • children’s/​men’s/​women’s clothes/​clothing/​garments/​wear
    • to have on/​be in/​wear …clothes/​garments/​dress/​gear
    see also undergarment
    Extra Examples
    • She wore a heavy knitted garment.
    • They removed their outer garments and sat down in the reception area.
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • outer
    • finished
    • foundation
    verb + garment
    • have on
    • wear
    garment + noun
    • industry
    • factory
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French garnement ‘equipment’, from garnir ‘equip’, probably of Germanic origin and related to warn.
See garment in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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