clothes
/kləʊ(ð)z//kloʊ(ð)z/
clothes noun: items of clothing; apparel. Also the plural of cloth.
Noun
clothes pl (plural only)
- Items of clothing; apparel.
- suit of clothes.
- Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- clothing
- The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
- She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
- Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
Also used as
clothes is also the plural of cloth.
clothes is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe.
clothes meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
clothes in Hindi
- apparel
- कपड़े kapṛe, लिबास libās, पोशाक pośāk
clothes in Tamil
- apparel
- உடுப்பு uṭuppu, உடை uṭai, ஆடை āṭai, துணி tuṇi
clothes in Marathi
- कपडे
clothes in Urdu
- apparel
- کَپْڑے kapṛe, لِباس libās, پوشاک pośāk
More languagesFewer languages
- clothes in Bengali
- পোশাক pōśak, কাপড় kapoṛ, বস্ত্র bostro
- clothes in Malayalam
- വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ
- clothes in Punjabi
- ਬਸਤਰ bastar, ਕੱਪੜੇ kappaṛe, ਪਹਿਰਾਵਾ pahirāvā, ਪੁਸ਼ਾਕ puśāk
- clothes in Nepali
- कपडा kapaḍā
- clothes in Pashto
- البسه albesá, نواري nawārí, لباس lebās, پوشاک pošāk
- clothes in Tagalog
- kasuotan, damit
- clothes in Arabic
- مَلَابِس malābis, ثِيَاب ṯiyāb, كِسْوَة kiswa
- clothes in Malay
- pakaian
- clothes in Indonesian
- pakaian
- clothes in Thai
- เสื้อผ้า sʉ̂ʉa-pâa
- clothes in Vietnamese
- quần áo, đồ
- clothes in Myanmar
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Examples of clothes in a sentence
- She had a fit and threw all of his clothes out through the window.
- I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy.
- I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
Synonyms of clothes
Forms of clothes
| alternative form (obsolete) | cloathes |
|---|---|
| alternative childish (nonstandard) | clotheses |
Origin of clothes
From Middle English clothes, cloþes (plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”)), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”, plural of clāþ (“cloth”)), equivalent to cloth + -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Dutch klederen, kleren (“clothes”), German Kleider (“clothes”), Danish klæder (“clothes”), Swedish kläder (“clothes”), Norwegian Bokmål klær (“clothes”), Norwegian Nynorsk klede (“clothes”), Faroese klæði, klæðir (“clothes”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from clothes
- bedclothes
- change of clothes
- clothes-bag
- clothes bag
- clothesbasket
- clothes basket
- clothesbrush
- clothes-brush
- clothes brush
- clothescare
- clothes don't make the man
- clothes drier
- clothes dryer
- clothes free
- clothes hanger
- clotheshorse
- clothes horse
- clothes-horse
- clothes iron
- clothesless
- clothes line
- clothesline
- clothes maiden
- clothesmaker
- clothes make the man
- clothes maketh the man
- clothesmaking
- clothesman
- clothes minded
- clothes moth
- clothes on one's back
- clothes peg
- clothespeg
- clothes-peg
- clothespin
- clothes pole
- clothes press
- clothes-press
- clothespress
- clothesprop
- clothes prop
- clothes-prop
- clothes rack
- clothes screen
- clothes shop
- clothes stand
- clothestree
- clothes tree
- clothes valet
- clothes washer
- clotheswoman
- clothesy
- clothesyard
- clothist
- dead-clothes
- dress clothes
- emperor's new clothes
- free clothes association
- graveclothes
- gym clothes
Phrases with clothes
- clothes bags
- clothes pegs
- long clothes
- clothes irons
- clothes lines
- clothes moths
- clothes poles
- clothes props
- clothes racks
- clothes shops
- clothes trees
- plain clothes
21 more phrasesFewer phrases
- under clothes
- clothes driers
- clothes dryers
- clothes horses
- clothes stands
- clothes valets
- street clothes
- clothes baskets
- clothes brushes
- clothes hangers
- clothes maidens
- clothes presses
- clothes screens
- swaddling clothes
- changes of clothes
- roast-meat clothes
- common clothes moth
- common clothes moths
- webbing clothes moth
- webbing clothes moths
- Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
Words that rhyme with clothes
Questions about clothes
- What does clothes mean?
- Clothes means items of clothing; apparel.
- What is clothes in Hindi?
- Clothes in Hindi is कपड़े (kapṛe), लिबास (libās), पोशाक (pośāk). See Clothes meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is clothes?
- Clothes is a noun.
- How do you pronounce clothes?
- Clothes is pronounced /kləʊ(ð)z/ (UK).
Words near clothes in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clothes (page history and authors); clothes (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clothes (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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