gown
/ˈɡaʊ̯n/noun, verb1 syllable
Gown means: lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
Synonyms for gown7
noun, as in lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
noun, as in protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
noun, as in outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
What does gown mean?6
noun
lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located“the relations between town and gown are always sensitive”
verb
dress in a gown
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with gown?12
Gown in a sentence
- At the dance, everyone raved about my gown.sharptoothed
- Gunter saw a woman dressed in a white gown, looking down at the ground.Amastan
- She wore a sleek black gown to the gala.Amastan
- Her black evening gown shimmered under the chandeliers' light.Amastan
- I've left my dressing gown in the cubicle.sundown
- I left my dressing gown in the cubicle.sundown
- She really cut a dash in her pink evening gown.unknown
- The duchess wore a gown of the finest silk.Igider
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Forms of gown
as a noun
- plural
- gowns
as a verb
- past tense
- gowned
- present participle
- gowning
- third-person singular
- gowns
- past participle
- gown