Apparel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈpæɹəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apparel is a noun meaning (uncountable) Clothing.
Meaning
(uncountable) Clothing.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Aspect, guise, form.
- (countable) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
- (nautical) Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
- (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
- (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
- (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental
Example Sentences
ships appareled to fight
trees appareled with flowers
a garden appareled with greenery
fresh in his new apparel, proud and young
Word Forms
- apparels
- appareling
- apparelling
- appareled
- apparelled
Synonyms for apparel
Depending on context, synonyms include dight, don, put on, adorn, ornament, vesture.
Antonyms for apparel
Common opposites include strip, disrobe, undress, discase, unclothe, uncase.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clothes, garment, vesture, raiment, tog, dress.
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