Garment

Quick meaning: Garment is a noun meaning A single article of clothing.

Meaning

A single article of clothing.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied.
2. (Mormonism) Ellipsis of temple garment.
3. (transitive) To clothe in a garment.

Example Sentences

The highest state in which the soul completely casts away its garment of flesh and becomes a disembodied spirit.

The woman ſhall not weare that which pertaineth vnto a man, neither ſhall a man put on a womans garment: foꝛ all that doe ſo, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments with a hood and integral three-finger gloves and boots. They are bulky and hard to get on but far more likely to save your life in cold water than a lifejacket.

Word Forms

• garments
• garmenting
• garmented

Synonyms for garment

Depending on context, synonyms include apparel, raiment, garb, dress, tog, habilitate.

Antonyms for garment

Common opposites include strip, disrobe, undress, discase, unclothe, uncase.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include apparel, raiment, dress, tog, clothe, garb.

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