Housecoat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Housecoat is a noun meaning (Canada, US) A bathrobe or dressing gown.
Meaning
(Canada, US) A bathrobe or dressing gown.
More Meanings
- (Australia) A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house.
Example Sentences
Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.
They went downstairs in their gay cotton house-coats and found Mrs Dibble in the kitchen, doddering over a lunch that required no preparation, being merely a section of ham sausage and a few pickled onions.
Word Forms
- housecoats
- house-coat
Synonyms for housecoat
Depending on context, synonyms include wrapper, peignoir, negligee.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peignoir, negligee, wrapper, kimono, bathrobe, bedrobe.
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