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WORK CLOTHES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does work clothes mean? 

WORK CLOTHES (noun)
  The noun WORK CLOTHES has 1 sense:

1. clothing worn for doing manual laborplay

  Familiarity information: WORK CLOTHES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORK CLOTHES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Clothing worn for doing manual labor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

work-clothes; work-clothing; work clothes; work clothing

Hypernyms ("work clothes" 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 "work clothes"):

overall ((usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps))


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