robe
noun
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
robes
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pluralof robe.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof robe (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
robenouna long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
Example Sentences
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Days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens, protesters from the Fair Games Coalition — wearing Jedi robes and Jar Jar Binks masks and carrying lightsabers — rallied together outside the new museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
And not just because he thinks the robes look "ridiculous".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Competition is fierce for professional photographers at Beijing's tourist hotspots, including a scenic lake where women in flowy traditional robes pose for snaps to share on Xiaohongshu, China's massively popular lifestyle app.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
A monk draped in burnt-orange robes faces a row of young men and women and tells them they're here on a mission to save their country.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
He’s just dolloped there in his best robes, and everyone’s huddled over his breathless body, hoping he’ll give some sign of what they should do in case he dies.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
