costume
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
dress or garb characteristic of another period, place, person, etc., as worn on the stage or at balls.
fashion of dress appropriate to a particular occasion or season: dancing costume; winter costume.
a set of garments, especially women's garments, selected for wear at a single time; outfit; ensemble.
to dress; furnish with a costume; provide appropriate dress for: to costume a play.
of or characterized by the wearing of costumes: a costume party.
meant for use with or appropriate to a specific costume: costume accessories.
Origin of costume
1synonym study For costume
Other words from costume
- re·cos·tume, verb (used with object), re·cos·tumed, re·cos·tum·ing.
- un·cos·tumed, adjective
- well-costumed, adjective
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How to use costume in a sentence
Katy Perry was flanked by dancers wearing shark costumes during her 2015 performance.
The Weeknd’s Super Bowl performance sparked a bounty of memes, as the halftime show usually does | Travis Andrews | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostYou aunt has hit a new low in attempts to act as costume director at a wedding.
Miss Manners: Declining help from the unmasked | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostI don’t know what furries did 50 years ago beyond imagining or surreptitiously donning a wolf costume.
The country is being buffeted by groups that couldn’t exist 30 years ago | Philip Bump | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostWe added a place to hang Halloween costumes, party dresses, ski clothes and “just-in-case” fashion.
The pandemic gave me the time to finally clean out my shameful attic. Here’s what I learned. | Jura Koncius | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostOfficials at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center said a staff member wearing an inflatable Christmas tree costume to spread holiday cheer likely spread coronavirus-laden droplets instead.
Another coronavirus variant linked to growing share of cases, several large outbreaks, in California | Fenit Nirappil | January 18, 2021 | Washington Post
Her daughter, Elaina, 24, a trained costume designer and makeup artist, helps out by sewing clothes.
The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible | Anna Nemtsova | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe then dons a Spider-Man costume and savagely starts attacking criminals.
Exclusive: Sony Hack Reveals Studio's Detailed Plans For Another ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot | William Boot | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat makes this story resonate with fans is that it proves it takes more than just the costume to become “Spider-Man.”
Exclusive: Sony Hack Reveals Studio's Detailed Plans For Another ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot | William Boot | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Metropolitan Museum of Art costume Institute has staged some truly fantastic shows over the past few years.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Carrie Bradshaw in Your Life | Allison McNearney | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI had no idea who they were, as the Grand Duke was in morning costume, and had no star or decoration to distinguish him.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayMovement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIf she is so distingue in rather less than ordinary dress, what would she be in a Parisian costume?
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayIt was a corso blanc, and everyone wore white—chiefly modifications of Pierrot costume—and everyone was masked.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeIn this portrait of tiny dimensions the Prince is represented in fancy costume, after the manner of Holbein.
Bastien Lepage | Fr. Crastre
British Dictionary definitions for costume
/ (ˈkɒstjuːm) /
a complete style of dressing, including all the clothes, accessories, etc, worn at one time, as in a particular country or period; dress: national costume
old-fashioned a woman's suit
a set of clothes, esp unusual or period clothes, worn in a play by an actor or at a fancy dress ball: a jester's costume
short for swimming costume
to furnish the costumes for (a show, film, etc)
to dress (someone) in a costume
Origin of costume
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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