bathrobe
Americannoun
noun
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a loose-fitting garment of towelling, for wear before or after a bath or swimming
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a dressing gown
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bathrobe
Explanation
A bathrobe is a loose-fitting robe you put on after a bath or shower. They’re like towels with sleeves and a belt. Fuzzy slippers and curlers are optional. A bathrobe shuttles you between being dressed and undressed. You might wear a bathrobe before or after taking a bath, in a locker room after swimming, or in a fancy spa. Bathrobes generally tie loosely around the waist, and because they're made of toweling, you can put them on when your body is wet. A more lightweight robe you wear over your pajamas can also be called a bathrobe, though it's more commonly called a "housecoat" or a "dressing gown."
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If Harvey’s behavior deviated significantly from these dynamical patterns, it would be readily apparent from the sixth floor, sitting in my bathrobe, drinking a latte.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
He looked like a man in his bathrobe who’d come outside to see all the neighborhood confusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
It features a cosy message - Mandelson branding Epstein his "best pal", and a photograph of the two in which Mandelson is wearing a bathrobe.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
It comes when Callas, resplendent even in a bathrobe, glides into the kitchen to sing at Bruna while the poor deary cooks her an omelet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
But then Mama got too nervous to drive and wouldn’t take off her bathrobe or even comb her hair, so we stopped going.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
In another, Maxwell and magician David Copperfield, both in bathrobes, embrace in front of white columns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
The BBC has been told that Ms Truss's Chevening bill - which was first reported by the Mail on Sunday newspaper - covers missing items, including bathrobes, which she is happy to pay to replace.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2023
My trip started in Seattle at the State Hotel, a 1904 building and former gambling hall where the art is local and the bathrobes are long versions of gray hooded sweatshirts.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
But I think “Con los años que me quedan,” which was the first song that I wrote with Emilio, that we co-wrote in the kitchen in our bathrobes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Some guys in bathrobes saw me awake and came over.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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