underwear
noun
un·der·wear
ˈən-dər-ˌwer 
: clothing or an article of clothing worn next to the skin and under other clothing
Examples of underwear in a Sentence
he had been sleeping in his underwear so he had to put a robe on before answering the door
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Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Treat yourself to these underwear drawer upgrades — then keep reading for more wireless bras and seamless underwear at Amazon.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Boy’s Bedroom Mary’s face will appear on the video game monitor in a boy’s bedroom strewn with dirty underwear and socks.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
By the nineteen-nineties, Uniclo had expanded to more than a hundred locations, many of them barnlike roadside emporiums where customers could pull in and grab a pack of underwear.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for underwear
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“Underwear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underwear. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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underwear
noun
un·der·wear
ˈən-dər-ˌwa(ə)r
-ˌwe(ə)r
: clothing or an article of clothing worn next to the skin and under other clothing
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