Definition of clothing
: garments in general;
also
: covering
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Examples of clothing in a Sentence
an expensive article of clothing
We're collecting food and clothing for the poor.
Only people wearing protective clothing may enter the room.
Recent Examples of clothing from the Web
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The children's variety clothing store comes in at a perfect time, just six months after Tadpoles children's store closed following the retirement of its owners.
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The merchants will be a mix of food vendors, clothing stores and service providers, said Deborah Kravitz, president of PRI, who is handling leasing with those retailers.
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The groom’s parents are the owners a group of retail clothing stores in Bucaramanga.
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Its investments include Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers, Mavis Discount Tire, Bob Evans Restaurants, Red Lobster, California Pizza Kitchen, Express clothing stores and Zales jewelry stores.
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Goldblatt sold the family clothing store on the Rand in 1963, after his father died.
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That's little consolation to The Shoe Shop's Elmaleh and neighbor Jose Paredes, the owner of the women's clothing store Sofi at 639 Lincoln Road.
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The properties once held a women’s clothing store and several bargain outlets, but Jeon closed the stores because the sewage and sprinkler systems did not pass inspection.
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In another, a man described having a bag grabbed and forcibly searched after leaving a clothing store in downtown Portland.
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First Known Use of clothing
13th century
clothing Synonyms
Synonyms
apparel, attire, clothes, dress, duds, garments, gear, rags, raiment, rig, rigging, threads, toggery, togs, vestments, vesture, wear, wearables, weeds;
Related Words
array, bravery, caparison, finery, gaiety (also gayety), glad rags, pretties, regalia, trim;
costume, ensemble, frock, garb, getup, guise, livery, outfit;
couture, ready-to-wear, tailoring;
activewear, loungewear, outerwear, playwear, sportswear;
nightclothes, sleepwear, smallclothes, underclothes, underwear;
CLOTHING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of clothing for English Language Learners
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: the things that people wear to cover their bodies
CLOTHING Defined for Kids
Definition of clothing for Students
: the things people wear to cover their bodies
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