English Explanatory Dictionary

clothes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Items of clothing; apparel.
  2. plural of cloth.
  3. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
  4. Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe

Pronunciation

/kləʊ(ð)z/ En-uk-clothes.ogg /kloʊ(ð)z/ en-us-clothes.ogg en-us-clothes-2.ogg /klo(ð)z/ /kloː(ð)z/ /kləʊðz/ /kloʊðz/

Word forms

clothes cloathes clotheses

Etymology

From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth + -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.

Synonyms

clothing

Related words

clothing gear habiliment threads

Derived words

bedclothes change of clothes clothes-bag clothes bag clothesbasket clothes basket clothesbrush clothes-brush clothes brush clothescare clothes don't make the man clothes drier clothes dryer clothes free clothes hanger clotheshorse clothes horse clothes-horse clothes iron clothesless clothes line clothesline clothes maiden clothesmaker clothes make the man clothes maketh the man clothesmaking clothesman clothes minded clothes moth clothes on one's back clothes peg clothespeg clothes-peg clothespin clothes pole clothes press clothes-press clothespress clothesprop clothes prop clothes-prop clothes rack clothes screen clothes shop clothes stand clothestree clothes tree clothes valet clothes washer clotheswoman clothesy clothesyard clothist dead-clothes dress clothes emperor's new clothes free clothes association graveclothes gym clothes
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