poncho

noun

Definition of ponchonext
1
as in cape

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2
as in trench

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Recent Examples of poncho Okay, Woody really does have that poncho on. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026 The do-gooding cowboy, who helps out other toys on the regular, returns in the latest film to see his old friends wearing his signature hat and a new poncho. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 June 2026 If you’re headed to any outdoor festivities, bring a poncho. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 June 2026 Consider a lightweight poncho or rain jacket, instead. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for poncho
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poncho
  1. cape
  2. trench
  3. manta
  4. trench coat
  5. pelisse
  6. burnoose
  7. cowl
  8. mantilla
Noun
  • Under Binface’s black cape, rubbish bin and ample body armor that looks straight out of a low-budget sci-fi film, is a middle-aged comedian named Jon Harvey trying to keep his cool during a sweaty summer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But these capes are actually flexible antennae that will allow the craft to peer beneath the Red Planet's surface in search of water ice.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cape
Noun
  • The Stockton Fire Department said two bodies were recovered from a construction trench that collapsed on Saturday morning.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances.
    — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of trench
Noun
  • Divers captured video footage of Galápagos sharks approaching manta rays and deliberately rubbing parts of their bodies, especially their heads, gill regions and sides, against the mantas’ undersides.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The resident Manta Trust team has catalogued 150 individual rays and uses the world's first underwater contactless ultrasound scanner to check on pregnant mantas, while the Olive Ridley Project leads turtle research across Laamu Atoll.
    — Jonny Bierman, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of manta
Noun
  • That’s the idea behind this trench coat, which can easily move from weekday outfits to weekend plans.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • On your way out the door, reach for your favorite trench coat as a finishing touch.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of trench coat
Noun
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.
    — Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
Definition of pelisse
Noun
  • For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
    — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
  • On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
Definition of burnoose
Noun
  • The floor-length style featured a dramatic cowl neckline and a low back.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
  • Upton, 34, wore a white, single off-the-shoulder minidress with a cowl neck and asymmetrical hemline.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of cowl
Noun
  • Some of the women had their hair covered in lace mantillas, an old Catholic custom.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • One of the hallmarks of its origins is a tile work from 1928 by Ernest Batcheler, an American artist of Dutch descent, that portrays a Spanish woman wearing a pink traditional Sevilla dress with frills, a shawl with fringe and a headpiece known as a mantilla.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Definition of mantilla

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