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clothes
noun [ plural ] things you wear to cover your body or keep you warm. Clothes is always plural:
• I like your clothes! • Don’t throw your dirty clothes on the floor! • a clothes shop
clothing
noun [ uncountable ] used when talking in general about a type of clothes, or about making or selling clothes. Also used in the phrase a piece/item/article of clothing (= one of the things that someone wears ):
• You’ll need to take some warm clothing . • It is important to wear protective clothing at all times. • a clothing manufacturer • a clothing retailer • Police found a piece of clothing in the bushes. • I took a change of clothing with me.
garment
noun [ countable ] formal one thing that you wear. Also used when talking about buying and selling clothes:
• a long velvet garment • the garment industry • garment workers • garment factories
dress
noun [ uncountable ] a particular style of clothes. Don’t use dress on its own:
• Casual dress is not appropriate for an interview. • men in evening dress
wear
noun [ uncountable ] used about types of clothes sold in a shop, in the following phrases. Don’t use wear on its own:
• children’s wear • sports wear • casual wear
gear
noun [ uncountable ] informal clothes for a particular sport or activity:
• She was wearing her running gear. • Have you got all your gear?
wardrobe
noun [ singular ] all the clothes that you own, or all the clothes that you wear at a particular time of year:
• Her wardrobe consisted mainly of smart clothes for work. • I will need a new summer weardrobe. • You could win a complete new wardrobe!
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun ADJ. beautiful, elegant, fancy, fine, lovely, nice, pretty | cheap, expensive | clean, fresh | dirty, dishevelled, ragged, shabby, soiled | tight | baggy, ill-fitting, loose, sloppy | designer, fashionable, trendy | dowdy, nerdy, old-fashioned | second-hand | comfortable, sensible | best, evening, formal, smart He wore his best clothes to the interview. | casual, everyday, ordinary | outrageous, strange, wacky | warm | summer, winter | outdoor, outer | baby, maternity, mourning, night, riding, school, sports, work, working | civilian, plain an officer in plain clothes (= not in uniform) QUANT. set, suit I'm going to take a set of clean clothes with me. a new suit of clothes for the baby VERB + CLOTHES put (back) on | remove | change Aren't you going to change your clothes for the party? | make | dry, iron, mend, wash CLOTHES + NOUN shop | designer | basket | sense PREP. in ~ She didn't recognize him in his sloppy everyday clothes. PHRASES a change of clothes
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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clothes
verbs
wear clothes
• She always wears beautiful clothes.
be dressed in … clothes
• The man was dressed in ordinary clothes.
put your clothes on
• I told him to get up and put some clothes on.
take off/remove your clothes
• She took off her clothes and slipped into bed.
change your clothes
• I usually change my clothes as soon as I get home from work.
phrases
a change of clothes
• He only took a small bag with a change of clothes.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + clothes
warm clothes
• If you’re walking in the mountains, take plenty of warm clothes.
casual clothes
• Most people feel more comfortable in casual clothes.
evening clothes
• I don’t often have a chance to wear formal evening clothes.
designer clothes
(= made by a well-known designer )
• She spends hundreds of pounds on designer clothes.
sb’s best clothes
• They wore their best clothes for the photograph.
formal clothes
• It’s best to wear formal clothes for an interview.
school/work clothes
• Work clothes tend to be black, blue, or grey.
sports clothes
• Lou was wearing sports clothes and sunglasses.
ordinary/everyday clothes
• Everyone else was wearing ordinary clothes.
civilian clothes
(= ordinary clothes rather than a military uniform )
• a US army lieutenant in civilian clothes
baby clothes
• a shop for baby clothes
maternity clothes
(= for women who are having a baby )
winter/summer clothes
• The shops are already full of winter clothes.
plain clothes
(= ordinary clothes that the police wear in order not to be recognized )
• He was arrested by officers in plain clothes.
clean clothes
• I had no clean clothes.
dry clothes
• You’d better change into dry clothes or you’ll get cold.
fashionable/trendy clothes
• The club was full of beautiful people wearing trendy clothes.
elegant
• Italian people are often admired for their elegant clothes.
old-fashioned
• I decided to throw out all my old-fashioned clothes.
smart
British English
• Do you have to wear smart clothes to work?
scruffy
(= dirty and untidy )
• She was poor and dressed in scruffy clothes.
second-hand clothes
(= not new )
• Charity shops sell second-hand clothes at low prices.
dowdy
(= unfashionable and unattractive )
• Dowdy clothes make you have less confidence in yourself.
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