clothing

CEFRA2

/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Clothes considered as a group.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An act or instance of putting clothes on.

Examples

  • We provided the flood victims with food and clothing.

  • Workers at the factory wear protective clothing.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.

  2. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of clothe

More examples

In context

  • We have an oversupply of clothing.

  • All but two pieces of clothing came out of the washing machine stained.

  • You should wear warm clothing when it is cold outside.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.