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delicates

delicates noun: garments or cloth items that are delicate and need gentle handling when being laundered, especially underwear or lingerie. Also the plural of delicate.

Noun

delicates pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Garments or cloth items that are delicate and need gentle handling when being laundered, especially underwear or lingerie

Also used as

delicates is also the plural of delicate.

Questions about delicates

What does delicates mean?
Delicates means garments or cloth items that are delicate and need gentle handling when being laundered, especially underwear or lingerie.
What part of speech is delicates?
Delicates is a noun.

Words near delicates in the dictionary

  1. delicate
  2. delicated
  3. delicately
  4. delicateness
  5. delicater
  6. delicates
  7. delicatesse
  8. delicatessen
  9. delicatessens
  10. delicatest
  11. delice

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