bathrobe
Americannoun
noun
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a loose-fitting garment of towelling, for wear before or after a bath or swimming
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a dressing gown
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bathrobe
Explanation
A bathrobe is a loose-fitting robe you put on after a bath or shower. They’re like towels with sleeves and a belt. Fuzzy slippers and curlers are optional. A bathrobe shuttles you between being dressed and undressed. You might wear a bathrobe before or after taking a bath, in a locker room after swimming, or in a fancy spa. Bathrobes generally tie loosely around the waist, and because they're made of toweling, you can put them on when your body is wet. A more lightweight robe you wear over your pajamas can also be called a bathrobe, though it's more commonly called a "housecoat" or a "dressing gown."
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If Harvey’s behavior deviated significantly from these dynamical patterns, it would be readily apparent from the sixth floor, sitting in my bathrobe, drinking a latte.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
He looked like a man in his bathrobe who’d come outside to see all the neighborhood confusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
That’s why DiCaprio spends much of the film in a red bathrobe, making him both incredibly hard to miss and also decidedly ordinary-looking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Osbourne entered the room near noon in a bathrobe, having "just woken up", wearing loads of jewellery and accessories and "a lot of gold", Aswad said, though adding that Osbourne was "perfectly nice, perfectly friendly".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Kelly was sitting at his bench in a patched bathrobe.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
In another, Maxwell and magician David Copperfield, both in bathrobes, embrace in front of white columns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
The BBC has been told that Ms Truss's Chevening bill - which was first reported by the Mail on Sunday newspaper - covers missing items, including bathrobes, which she is happy to pay to replace.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2023
But I think “Con los años que me quedan,” which was the first song that I wrote with Emilio, that we co-wrote in the kitchen in our bathrobes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
There’s a car with a private driver, monogrammed bathrobes, and sparkling wine on ice.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2022
Men wore bathrobes, and women stood with their hair hidden underneath scarves.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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