Definition of clothes
1 : clothing I need new clothes for the winter.
2 : bedclothes I have been awake ever since 5 and sooner, I fancy I had too much clothes over my stomach — Jane Austen
3 : all the cloth articles of personal and household use that can be washed I always wash clothes on Mondays.
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Examples of clothes in a Sentence
put on your warmest clothes—it's freezing outside
Origin and Etymology of clothes
Middle English, from Old English clāthas, plural of clāth —see cloth
First Known Use: before 12th century
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CLOTHES Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of clothes for English Language Learners
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: the things that people wear to cover their bodies and that are usually made from cloth
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