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clothes
[ klohz, klohthz ]
/ kloÊz, kloÊðz /
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plural noun
garments for the body; articles of dress; wearing apparel.
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Origin of clothes
Words nearby clothes
cloth, clothbound, cloth-cap, clothe, cloth-eared, clothes, clothesbasket, clotheshorse, clothesline, clothes moth, clothes-peg
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British Dictionary definitions for clothes
clothes
/ (klÉÊðz) /
pl n
- articles of dress
- (as modifier)clothes brush Related adjective: vestiary
mainly British short for bedclothes
Word Origin for clothes
Old English clÄthas, plural of clÄth cloth
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