underwired
adjective/ˌʌndəˈwaɪəd/
/ˌʌndərˈwaɪərd/
(British English) (North American English underwire
/ˌʌndəˈwaɪə(r)/
/ˌʌndərˈwaɪər/
)- (of a bra) having a long thin piece of metal sewn into the bottom half of each cup to improve the shapeOxford Collocations DictionaryUnderwired is used with these nouns:
- bra
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