clothes
Pronunciations (5)
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/kləʊ(ð)z/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/kloʊ(ð)z/
Pronunciation notes
- US
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/klo(ð)z/
Pronunciation notes
- Scotland
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/kloː(ð)z/
Pronunciation notes
- Wales
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kləʊ(ð)z
Noun
Items of clothing; apparel.
Usage- plural
- Plural only
- Examples
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These clothes are clean.
suit of clothes.
More examples (1)
Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
Usage- plural
- Plural only
- Examples
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She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
Usage- plural
- Plural only
Noun
clothing in general
- Synonyms
- Examples
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she was refined in her choice of apparel
he always bought his clothes at the same store
More examples (1)
fastidious about his dress
Word forms
cloathesclotheses