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KIMONO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kimono mean?
• KIMONO (noun)
The noun KIMONO has 1 sense:
1. a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese
Familiarity information: KIMONO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("kimono" is a kind of...):
robe (any loose flowing garment)
Context examples
He blew a hole in the skirt of my kimono, bless his shaky old hand, but we got a jacket on him, and he's to be all right in a week.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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