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hosiery

/ˈhoʊʒəɹi/

hosiery noun: undergarments worn on the legs, such as socks, stockings, and pantyhose.

Noun

hosiery (usually uncountable, plural hosieries)

  1. (usually) Undergarments worn on the legs, such as socks, stockings, and pantyhose.
  2. (usually) The business or art of a hosier; the practice of making hose.
  3. (countable, usually) A shop selling such undergarments.

hosiery meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

hosiery in Tamil

பின்னலாடை, உள்ளாடை

hosiery in Malayalam

stockings, tights, stay-ups
പിന്നൽവസ്ത്രം, സോക്സ്, ബനിയന്‍, അടിവസ്ത്രം മുതലായവ, കാൽച്ചട്ടവർഗ്ഗം, ക്ഷുദ്രവസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ

hosiery in Kannada

ಹೆಣೆದ ಉಡುಪು, ಕಾಲ್ಚೀಲಗಳು

Forms of hosiery

pluralhosieries

Origin of hosiery

From hosier + -y.

Questions about hosiery

What does hosiery mean?
Hosiery means undergarments worn on the legs, such as socks, stockings, and pantyhose.
What is hosiery in Tamil?
Hosiery in Tamil is பின்னலாடை, உள்ளாடை. See Hosiery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hosiery?
Hosiery is a noun.
How do you pronounce hosiery?
Hosiery is pronounced /ˈhoʊʒəɹi/ (US).
What is the plural of hosiery?
The plural of hosiery is hosieries.

Words near hosiery in the dictionary

  1. Hosick
  2. Hosicks
  3. hosier
  4. hosieries
  5. hosiers
  6. hosiery
  7. hosing
  8. hosing down
  9. hosing off
  10. hosings
  11. hosiomartyr

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hosiery (page history and authors); hosiery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hosiery (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); hosiery (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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