corset
/ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
corset noun: a woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
Noun
corset (plural corsets)
- A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
- A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
- A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
Verb
corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)
- To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
- Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
- To restrict or confine.
- I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!
- They were trying to free the lives of women of all sexualities and genders that were tightly corseted by lack of basic social and economic rights.2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World
corset meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
corset in Hindi
- कॉर्सेट, कोरसेट, कोर्सेट
corset in Tamil
- எலும்பு செயற்கை உறை, எலும்பு வளைய மூட்டு
corset in Marathi
- कोरसेट, कॉर्सट, कोरसेट करणे
corset in Urdu
- چھوٹا کپڑا
More languagesFewer languages
- corset in Bengali
- কর্সেট, কর্সেট করার জন্য
- corset in Telugu
- ఱవిక ṟavika
- corset in Malayalam
- സ്ത്രീകളുടെ ഉദരഭാഗം മൂടുന്ന അടിവസ്ത്രം, അടിക്കുപ്പായം, മാറിലെ കച്ച
- corset in Kannada
- ಕಾರ್ಸೆಟ್
- corset in Punjabi
- ਕੋਰਸੈੱਟ, ਕੋਰਸੇਟ, ਕੋਰਸੈਟ
- corset in Gujarati
- કોર્સેટ, કોરસેટ
- corset in Odia
- କର୍ସେଟ୍, କର୍ସେଟ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, କର୍ସେଟ୍ କରିବାକୁ
- corset in Tagalog
- kurse
- corset in Arabic
- كورسيه
- corset in Persian
- شکمبند šekamband, کرست korset
- corset in Vietnamese
- coóc-xê
Examples of corset in a sentence
- An overbust corset encloses the torso, extending from just under the arms to the hips.
- My fave diaper design that doesn't exist is a diaper corset.
- It's always a good day when you see a diaper corset.
Synonyms of corset
- stays
- bodice and underbodice
Forms of corset
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | corsets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | corsets |
| present participle | corseting |
| present participle | corsetting |
| past participle | corseted |
| past | corseted |
| past participle | corsetted |
| past | corsetted |
Origin of corset
From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
Words formed from corset
Words that rhyme with corset
Questions about corset
- What does corset mean?
- Corset means a woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- What is corset in Hindi?
- Corset in Hindi is कॉर्सेट, कोरसेट, कोर्सेट. See Corset meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is corset?
- Corset can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce corset?
- Corset is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/.
- What is the plural of corset?
- The plural of corset is corsets.
Words near corset in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: corset (page history and authors); corset (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corset (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corset (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corset (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corset (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ఱవిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); corset (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corset (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corset (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corset (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corset (Odia, 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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