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OUTERWEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outerwear mean?
• OUTERWEAR (noun)
The noun OUTERWEAR has 1 sense:
1. clothing for use outdoors
Familiarity information: OUTERWEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clothing for use outdoors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
outerwear; overclothes
Hypernyms ("outerwear" is a kind of...):
article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outerwear"):
gown; robe (outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions)
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