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housedress

/ˈhaʊsˌdɹɛs/

housedress noun: a simple dress suitable for housework.

Noun

housedress (plural housedresses)

  1. A simple dress suitable for housework
    • Betty Schlafer, head honcho of the Airport Cafe, is wearing a housedress with a purple floral design; a brooch filled with colored stones is pinned to her collar.1988 October 7, Judy Robb, “Restaurant Tours: a diner to fly for”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of housedress

pluralhousedresses

Origin of housedress

From house + dress.

Words formed from housedress

Questions about housedress

What does housedress mean?
Housedress means a simple dress suitable for housework.
What part of speech is housedress?
Housedress is a noun.
How do you pronounce housedress?
Housedress is pronounced /ˈhaʊsˌdɹɛs/ (US).
What is the plural of housedress?
The plural of housedress is housedresses.

Words near housedress in the dictionary

  1. housecrafts
  2. housed
  3. housedog
  4. housedoor
  5. housedoors
  6. housedress
  7. housedressed
  8. housedresses
  9. housefather
  10. housefatherly
  11. housefathers

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