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TROUSER LEG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trouser leg mean?
• TROUSER LEG (noun)
The noun TROUSER LEG has 1 sense:
1. the leg of a pair of trousers
Familiarity information: TROUSER LEG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The leg of a pair of trousers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pant leg; trouser leg
Hypernyms ("trouser leg" is a kind of...):
leg (a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg)
Holonyms ("trouser leg" is a part of...):
pair of trousers; pant; trousers ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately)
Context examples
His hand was wrapped in a bloody handkerchief, and the right trouser leg was ripped from knee to ankle.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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