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FOUNDATION GARMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foundation garment mean?
• FOUNDATION GARMENT (noun)
The noun FOUNDATION GARMENT has 1 sense:
1. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
Familiarity information: FOUNDATION GARMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
foundation; foundation garment
Hypernyms ("foundation garment" is a kind of...):
undergarment; unmentionable (a garment worn under other garments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foundation garment"):
corset; girdle; stays (a woman's close-fitting foundation garment)
roll-on (a woman's foundation garment rolled on to the hips)
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