BATHING SUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bathing suit mean? 

• BATHING SUIT (noun)
  The noun BATHING SUIT has 1 sense:

1. tight fitting garment worn for swimming

  Familiarity information: BATHING SUIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATHING SUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tight fitting garment worn for swimming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bathing costume; bathing suit; swimming costume; swimsuit; swimwear

Hypernyms ("bathing suit" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bathing suit"):

bikini; two-piece (a woman's very brief bathing suit)

maillot; tank suit (a woman's one-piece bathing suit)

bathing trunks; swimming trunks (swimsuit worn by men while swimming)

 Context examples 

At two o'clock Gatsby put on his bathing suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)