Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Clothes considered as a group; wearing apparel.
- n. A covering.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Garments in general; covering for the person; clothes; dress; raiment; apparel.
- n. Livery; corporation.
- n. In steam-engines, same as cleading, 2 .
- n. Sheets of leather studded with wire, used to form the cards of a carding-machine. Also called card-clothing.
- n. The making or manufacture of cloth.
- n. In saddlery, blankets of any kind used on horses.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of clothe.
- n. Clothes; apparel for wearing.
- n. An act or instance of putting clothes on.
- n. obsolete The art of process of making cloth.
- n. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
- n. rare The art of process of making cloth.
- n. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
- n. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
Etymologies
- clothe + ing, cognate with Dutch: kleding. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If the customs officer snatches a piece of my luggage, it will in general itself be luggage; if adoring groupies snatch an article of my clothing, it will be clothing; for ˜luggage™ and ˜clothing™ are mass nouns.”
“Not necessarily, because this that we see and name "the physical body" is not the real body, any more than the clothing that covers it, is the person, although frequently we recognize acquaintances _by their clothing_.”
“Note however, “weeds” as in clothing is from a different O.E. noun ....”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs”
“His taste in clothing is a bit different; he has a black denim jacket with small badges all down the arms and he has several slogan tees.”
“Currently obsessed with: etsy. com, lover the label clothing and sun dresses!!”
“Today's clothing is so uncomfortable and impractical and ugly, we can hardly feel superior to our Victorian forebearers for their taste and customs in clothing, can we?”
“Sometimes the look is a blast from the past, and other times the outfits are so skimpy, the term 'clothing' seems be to used loosely.”
“She looks a bit different than what I imagined, but the shield and her clothing is absolutely amazing.”
“One movie I like to watch for the clothing is the 1945 version of State Fair.”
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine
“An accomplished woman, how she chooses to spend her money on her clothing is her choice and business.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘clothing’.
-
IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
-
color (multi)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, multi, descriptive, randomness )pastel, rainbow, gemstone, crystals, ore, minerals, elements, neon, northern lights, fur, sunset, sunrise and 98 more...
-
necessities, amenities and priorities
( personal list )
water, food, nutrients, shelter, purpose, clothing, internet, entertainment, phone, vehicle, sex, education and 2 more...
-
Masonry
Due to my absolute ignorance of masonry and masonic terms, this list is shamelessly copied from this masonic dictionary.
Feel free to add words (as soon as I complete my transcription).abif, accepted, accord, active member, adjournment, admonish, adoration, adversity, affiliate, affirmation, lawful age, aid of deity and 143 more...
-
Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
-
my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
-
barfi
turpentine, cognate, connotation, denotation, bias, unflinching, emptive, mob, amnesty, modestly, spear, incline and 150 more...
-
The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
-
Cloroxyopia
For nonporous surfaces.
trademark, registered, comments, questions, trash, discard, available, recycling, empty, reuse, flush, disposal and 76 more...
-
misleading - confusing - deceptive
downright annoying
sensuous, sensual, genial, salon, saloon, parlour, ingenuous, cattle, kettle, wafer, wafel, sensual and 15 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for clothing.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.