ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Apparel

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /əˈpæɹəl/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Apparel is a noun meaning (uncountable) Clothing.

Meaning

(uncountable) Clothing.

More Meanings

  1. (figurative) Aspect, guise, form.
  2. (countable) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
  3. (nautical) Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
  4. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
  5. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
  6. (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

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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