clothes

American  

[klohz, klohthz] / kloʊz, kloʊðz /

plural noun

1. garments for the body; articles of dress; wearing apparel.

   Synonyms:

   garb, costume, raiment, attire, clothing

2. bedclothes.

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clothes British  

/ kləʊðz /

plural noun

1. 1. articles of dress

   2. ( as modifier )

      clothes brush

2. short for bedclothes

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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

Compare meaning

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• clothes vs. clothing

Example Sentences

After the initial wave of attacks, he fetched his passport and clothes and moved with friends to a house away from the main tourist sites.

From The Wall Street Journal

After leaving the property for the final time, Leo was reunited with his father with no belongings apart from the clothes he was wearing.

From BBC

One clothes seller was desperately waiting for customers, sitting next to a T-shirt hanging up in the colours of the Iranian flag.

From Barron's

Still, Young was in street clothes and watching the Rockets-Wizards game on the bench at Capital One Arena.

From Los Angeles Times

After the crash, an Uber driver saw what he initially thought was a "bundle of clothes in the road" and called 999 on realising Tamang was seriously injured, the court heard.

From BBC

Related Words

• attire
• garb
• regalia
• sportswear
• wardrobe