bathrobe
Americannoun
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bathrobes
plural
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
Other Word Forms
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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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
Alice frantically tried to rouse her 80-year-old husband, then raced downstairs to the lobby in her bathrobe, shouting for help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
It features a cosy message - Mandelson branding Epstein his "best pal", and a photograph of the two in which Mandelson is wearing a bathrobe.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
A thick figure in a bathrobe grabbed Johnny by the arm.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Mr. Kelly wandered about in a baggy pair of trousers and a 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
TikTokkers face the camera in bathrobes and hair bonnets while sitting in their cars or standing before their bathroom mirror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Prada offered puffy, cocoon-like jackets and belted capes resembling bathrobes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
I’m talking chocolate-covered strawberries delivered to our suite, infinity pools overlooking the ocean, and squishy bathrobes that felt like clouds.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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