Gown

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long loose flowing garment, such as a robe or nightgown.
  • n. A long, usually formal dress for a woman.
  • n. A robe or smock worn in operating rooms and other parts of hospitals as a guard against contamination.
  • n. A distinctive outer robe worn on ceremonial occasions, as by scholars or clerics.
  • n. The faculty and student body of a university: perfect accord between town and gown.
  • v. To clothe (oneself or another) with a gown.
  • verb-intransitive. To dress in a gown.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A loose, flowing upper garment.
  • n. The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown.
  • n. The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military.
  • n. The university community.
  • n. A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
  • n. Any sort of dress or garb.
  • n. The robe worn by a surgeon.
  • v. To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A loose, flowing upper garment.
  • n. The ordinary outer dress of a woman.
  • n. The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military.
  • n. A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
  • n. Any sort of dress or garb.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An outer garment, generally long and loose, of various shapes and uses.
  • n. Same as dress, 2. [Dress is preferred for a garment cut to fit the person, the gown being more properly a loose garment hanging from the shoulders. Compare .]
  • n. A loose garment worn in the house; a wrapper: as, a dressing-gown; a night-gown.
  • n. A long and loose over-dress, of varying styles, worn distinctively on official occasions in Europe, and less commonly in America, by clergymen, judges, lawyers, and university professors and students; hence, the emblem of civil power or place, as opposed to the sword.
  • n. The toga.
  • To invest with a gown; clothe or dress in a gown; hence, to impart the function represented by the gown to.
  • To put on a gown.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located
  • n. a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
  • n. outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
  • n. lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
  • n. protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
  • v. dress in a gown
  • Verb Form
    gowned    gowning    gowns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    university    lingerie    sleepwear    nightwear    nightclothes    intimate apparel    garment    dress    raiment    tog   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    garment    dress    robe    smock frock    cassock    gaberdine    frock    slip    sack    peignoir   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brown    Browne    Down    Downe    Town    around    brown    clown    crown    crowne   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    robe    skirt    frock    tunic    silk    costume    suit    hat    shawl    cloth