clothing

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of clothe

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
2. (countable, uncountable) An act or instance of putting clothes on.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The art or process of making cloth.
4. (countable, uncountable) A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

Synonyms

clothes

dress

👗

apparel

garment

garments

cloth

costume

attire

raiment

covering

vesture

outfit

dressing

garb

suit

wear

fabric

habiliment

habiliments

vestiture

piece of clothing

weeds

swag

textile

belongings

things

article of clothing

parcel

uniform

wardrobe

wearable

wearing

material

getup

manner of dress

love

❤️

rig

array

item of clothing

like

rule

ruling

sail

sarong

session

shell

🐚

shirt

👕

shroud

silk

skin

storage

summoning

thing

thread

🧵

tissue

tog

toggery

toilet

🚽

toilette

trappings

trousers

upkeep

head shop

plain-clothes

wearing apparel

coloured silk

raimentattire

clothes a garment

wearering apparel

fabric covering

vestiment

cloath

abiliment

dhobying

shirt and pants

shirt and trousers

apparel

accouterment

raiment

accoutrement

arrange

ascendance

ascendancy

attendance

bark

behavior

calling

📲

canvas

care

civilian

coat

🧥

coating

comportment

control

custody

drink

🥤

duds

fashion

finery

gear

⚙️

get-up

governance

grip

habit

holding

laundry

linen

maintenance

manners

order

outfits

peel

plain clothes

putting on

regulation

reign

riding

rigging

Translations

Kleidung

ropa

vêtement

abbigliamento

kleding

habillement

vêtements

habit

vestiti

Kleider

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clothing

Cognate with Scots: cleeding

Cognate with Dutch: kleding

Cognate with German: Kleidung

Cognate with Danish: klædning

Cognate with Swedish: klädning

Cognate with Middle English: clething

In summary

From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

Sentences

Industries included two sawmills , one gristmill , and one clothing factory .