frock

[ frok ]

/ frɒk /

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noun

a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.

a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock.

a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks.

frock coat.

verb (used with object)

to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.

to invest with priestly or clerical office.

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Origin of frock

1300–50; Middle English froke<Old French froc<Frankish; compare Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat

OTHER WORDS FROM frock

frockless, adjectiveun·der·frock, noun

Words nearby frock

Frl., FRN, fro, Frobisher, Frobisher Bay, frock, frock coat, frocking, frock tart, Fröding, froe

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How to use frock in a sentence

One episode finds our host in a poofy, heart-print frock that epitomizes what the kids call lovecore.
The Surprisingly Complicated Pleasures of Cooking With Paris|Judy Berman|August 4, 2021|Time
The Biba brand exploded in 1964 with the phenomenal success of a pink and white gingham frock called “the Barbara.”
Barbara Hulanicki, Queen of Fast Fashion|Lizzie Crocker|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She wore a sea-green, V-necked frock with a modest hint of cleavage.
‘Outnumbered’: The Making of a Fox News Hit|Lloyd Grove|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For this service he arrayed himself in an old-fashioned frock coat with long skirts.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

There was even a free-spirited frock made of ropes, which flung about through her ritualistic dance.
Gareth Pugh's Fashion Show Lacked Fashion, But Not Passion|Justin Jones|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
During her 2011 tour of Canada, a skimpy yellow frock flew skywards on a Calgary airfield.
Kate Middleton's History of Flesh-Flashing Wardrobe Malfunctions|Tom Sykes|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
At eighteen years of age I had my first frock coat and tall hat.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Now, go and mend that deplorable frock, and if you don't dream over it, you won't waste too much of your holiday.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
There were eunuchs too, black frock-coated—and the chief eunuch, an important personage who ranks very high.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Nothing bad (she had already acclaimed it to Amy and Jessie) could happen to her with that frock on.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose

British Dictionary definitions for frock

frock

/ (frɒk) /

noun

a girl's or woman's dress

a loose garment of several types, such as a peasant's smock

a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders

verb

(tr) to invest (a person) with the office or status of a cleric

Word Origin for frock

C14: from Old French froc; related to Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat

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