vest
noun/vest/
/vest/
- (British English) (North American English undershirt)a piece of underwear worn under a shirt, etc. next to the skin
- a cotton vest
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionb2- What are you doing, standing there in your vest?
- standing there in vest and shorts
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sleeveless
- string
- thermal
- …
- in your vest
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- a special piece of clothing that covers the upper part of the body
- a bullet-proof vest
- a running vest
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bulletproof
- stab-proof
- Kevlar™
- …
- (North American English) (British English waistcoat)a short piece of clothing with buttons down the front but no arms, usually worn over a shirt and under a jacket, often forming part of a formal suit
- wearing jeans and a leather vest
- He is smartly dressed in a suit complete with vest, tie and polished Gucci loafers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sleeveless
- matching
- denim
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French vestu ‘clothed’, past participle of vestir, from Latin vestire; the noun (early 17th cent., denoting a loose outer garment) from French veste, via Italian from Latin vestis ‘garment’.
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