plural noun
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articles of dress
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clothes brush
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short for bedclothes
Usage
Spelling tips for clothes The word clothes is hard to spell for two reasons. First, it sounds like the verb close, but it is spelled differently. Also, the word clothes is different from the plural of cloth (cloths), but the two are easily confused for one another. How to spell clothes: You aren't finished putting on clothes until you've tied Each Shoe (-es). Remembering that you need Each Shoe, or -es, at the end to finish getting dressed can help you spell clothes correctly.
Etymology
Origin of clothes
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English clāthas, plural of clāth cloth
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Example Sentences
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The man was wearing normal clothes and was not equipped for the icy waters, which were 7C and "extremely cold", rescuers said.
From BBC
Weave Robotics has seven Isaacs dotted across the city, autonomously folding clothes for laundromats.
From BBC
Since then, JOP has continued to leave retail tags on clothes in various social media posts.
From Los Angeles Times
He also says that management gave him wide latitude on how to handle clothes ordered for clients that they never picked up and which languished in the retailer’s storage facility for a year or more.
The second-floor laundry room at their hotel has been crowded and clean clothes are running low.
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