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clothes

clot·hes

UK/kləʊðz/ US/kloʊðz/ very common

noun

1.

clothing in general

  • “she was refined in her choice of apparel”
  • “he always bought his clothes at the same store”
  • “fastidious about his dress”
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Origin

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”), Dutch klederen, kleren (“clothes”), German Kleider (“clothes”), Danish klæder (“clothes”), Swedish kläder (“clothes”), Norwegian Bokmål klær (“clothes”), Norwegian Nynorsk klede (“clothes”), Faroese klæði, klæðir (“clothes”).

Phrases

  • change of clothes
  • clothes bag
  • clothes basket
  • clothes brush
  • clothes don't make the man
  • clothes drier
  • clothes dryer
  • clothes free

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