DUNGAREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dungaree mean? 

• DUNGAREE (noun)
  The noun DUNGAREE has 1 sense:

1. a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric

  Familiarity information: DUNGAREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUNGAREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

denim; dungaree; jean

Hypernyms ("dungaree" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

 Context examples 

He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)