PAIR OF TROUSERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pair of trousers mean? 

• PAIR OF TROUSERS (noun)
  The noun PAIR OF TROUSERS has 1 sense:

1. (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

  Familiarity information: PAIR OF TROUSERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAIR OF TROUSERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pair of trousers; pant; trousers

Context example:

he had a sharp crease in his trousers

Hypernyms ("pair of trousers" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Meronyms (parts of "pair of trousers"):

leg (a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg)

lap; lap covering (the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs)

pant leg; trouser leg (the leg of a pair of trousers)

hip pocket (a pocket in rear of trousers)

seat (the cloth covering for the buttocks)

slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

trouser (a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers)

trouser cuff (a cuff on the bottoms of trouser legs)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pair of trousers"):

pajama; pyjama (a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries)

trews ((used in the plural) tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan)

sweat pants; sweatpants (loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes)

stretch pants (trousers made of a stretchy fabric)

slacks ((used in the plural) pants for casual wear)

short pants; shorts; trunks ((used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee)

salwar; shalwar (a pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez))

pedal pushers; toreador pants ((used in the plural) snug trousers ending at the calves; worn by women and girls)

pantaloon (trousers worn in former times)

bell-bottoms; bellbottom pants; bellbottom trousers ((used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s)

long pants; long trousers (trousers reaching to the foot)

jodhpur breeches; jodhpurs; riding breeches ((used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots)

blue jeans; denim; jeans ((used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear)

flannel; gabardine; tweed; white ((usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth)

cords; corduroys (cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth)

churidars (tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta))

chinos ((plural) trousers made with chino cloth)

breeches; knee breeches; knee pants; knickerbockers; knickers ((used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee)

 Context examples 

Indeed, I foresaw pretty clearly that my jacket would go next, and that I should have to make the best of my way to Dover in a shirt and a pair of trousers, and might deem myself lucky if I got there even in that trim.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When I had bathed, they (I mean my aunt and Janet) enrobed me in a shirt and a pair of trousers belonging to Mr. Dick, and tied me up in two or three great shawls.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)