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-wear

-wear suffix: worn by a particular sex (e.g., menswear, womenswear) or age of person (e.g., kidswear).

Suffix

-wear (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

  1. worn by a particular sex (e.g., menswear, womenswear) or age of person (e.g., kidswear).
  2. worn on a particular part of the body (e.g., neckwear).
  3. for a particular use (e.g., daywear).
  4. made in a particular way (e.g., knitwear) or (redundantly) of a particular kind (e.g., shoewear).

Origin of -wear

From the noun wear (“clothing”).

Questions about -wear

What does -wear mean?
-wear means worn by a particular sex (e.g., menswear, womenswear) or age of person (e.g., kidswear).
What part of speech is -wear?
-wear is a suffix.

Words near -wear in the dictionary

  1. -wares
  2. -wash
  3. -wave
  4. -way
  5. -ways
  6. -wear
  7. -wich
  8. -wick
  9. -wide
  10. -wise
  11. -witz

Source and license

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