clothes

CEFRA1

/kləʊ(ð)z/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Things people wear, such as shirts, trousers, and dresses.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

Examples

  • I bought some new clothes for the trip.

  • I'm just sorting out some suitable clothes to take on holiday.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /kloʊ(ð)z/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Items of clothing; apparel.

  2. Laundry (hung on a clothesline).

verb

Extra meaning

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe

More examples

In context

  • You are always digging at me about my clothes.

  • suit of clothes.

  • She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth + -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.