apparel
/əˈpæɹəl//əˈpæ.ɹəl/
apparel noun: clothing.
Noun
apparel (countable and uncountable, plural apparels)
- Clothing.
- fresh in his new apparel, proud and young1636 (date written), John Denham, “The Destruction of Troy, an Essay upon the Second Book of Virgils Æneis”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry]...
- Aspect, guise, form.
- At public devotions, her winning modesty, her resigned carriage, made virtue and religion appear with new ornaments, and in the natural apparel of simplicity and beauty.1709 August 23 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Friday, August 13, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 54; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The...
- A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
- Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
- And if there is need of any thing, such as ship's apparel or other necessaries, and the merchants desire to purchase them, they may do so, and when the voyage is concluded, the merchants may claim for themselves the things which they have bought for the ship or vessel1871, Travis Twiss, Black Book of the Admiralty
Verb
apparel (third-person singular simple present apparels, present participle (US) appareling or (UK) apparelling, simple past and past participle (US) appareled or (UK) apparelled)
- To dress or clothe; to attire.
- They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.1568, Bishops' Bible, Luke vii. 25
- presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold1881, Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper
- To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
- ships appareled to fight
- Synonyms:
- kit out
- To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental
- trees appareled with flowers
- a garden appareled with greenery
- Synonyms:
- adorn
apparel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
apparel in Hindi
- clothing
- परिधान paridhān
apparel in Tamil
- ஆடை, உடை, உடுப்பு, வெளித் தோற்றம்
apparel in Urdu
- لباس, پیراہن, کپڑے پہنانا, سجانا
apparel in Bengali
- সাজান
More languagesFewer languages
- apparel in Malayalam
- ഉടയാട, തുണിത്തരങ്ങൾ, വസ്ത്രം, ചമയം
- apparel in Kannada
- ಪೋಷಾಕು pōṣāku
- apparel in Arabic
- مَلَابِس malābis, أَلْبِسَة ʔalbisa
Examples of apparel in a sentence
- Clothes used to be called wearing apparel.
- Active apparel is no longer limited to track pants and basketball shorts.
- "You go into the store and there's a fashion show of some of your apparel lines.
Synonyms of apparel
Forms of apparel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | apparels |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | apparels |
| present participle US | appareling |
| present participle UK | apparelling |
| past participle US | appareled |
| past US | appareled |
| past participle UK | apparelled |
| past UK | apparelled |
Origin of apparel
From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel.
Words formed from apparel
Questions about apparel
- What does apparel mean?
- Apparel means clothing.
- What is apparel in Hindi?
- Apparel in Hindi is परिधान (paridhān). See Apparel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is apparel?
- Apparel can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce apparel?
- Apparel is pronounced /əˈpæɹəl/.
- What is the plural of apparel?
- The plural of apparel is apparels.
Words near apparel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: apparel (page history and authors); apparel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apparel (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apparel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apparel (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಪೋಷಾಕು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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