clothing
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.
Example
“Marco runs a clothing brand.”
Other meanings
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
“The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.”
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
Synonyms
- clothes
- attire
- apparel
- threads
- article of clothing
- wear
A kind of
- consumer goods
Kinds of clothing
- accessory
- apparel
- array
- attire
- black
- blue
- change
- civilian clothing
Related words
- bedclothing
- nonclothing
- underclothing
- card-clothing
- clothing bin
- clothing hanger
- clothing iron
- clothing-iron
- clothing compulsive
- clothingless
- clothing moth
- item of clothing
Word history
From Middle English "clothing".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “clothing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.