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overalls

/ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/

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Australia/ˈɐʉv(ə)ɹəlz/

overalls noun: a loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them. Also the plural of overall.

Noun

overalls pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only) A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.
  2. (Australia, Canada, US, plural, plural-only) Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.
    • That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    dungarees, overall
  3. (UK, plural, plural-only) Trousers traditionally worn by cavalry.

Also used as

overalls is also the plural of overall.

overalls meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

overalls in Hindi

ओवरऑल्स

overalls in Urdu

اوورالز

overalls in Bengali

ওভারওলস

overalls in Telugu

ఓవర్ఆల్స్
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overalls in Kannada
ಮೇಲುಡುಪುಗಳು
overalls in Punjabi
ਓਵਰਆਲਸ, ਓਵਰਆਲਜ਼
overalls in Gujarati
ઓવરઓલ્સ
overalls in Nepali
ओभरओलहरू, ओभरलहरू
overalls in Thai
เอี๊ยม íiam

Synonyms of overalls

Words formed from overalls

Questions about overalls

What does overalls mean?
Overalls means a loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.
What is overalls in Hindi?
Overalls in Hindi is ओवरऑल्स. See Overalls meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is overalls?
Overalls is a noun.
How do you pronounce overalls?
Overalls is pronounced /ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/.

Words near overalls in the dictionary

  1. overallocates
  2. overallocating
  3. overallocation
  4. overallotment
  5. overallotments
  6. overalls
  7. overally
  8. overambition
  9. overambitious
  10. overambitiously
  11. overambitiousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overalls (page history and authors); overalls (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overalls (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overalls (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overalls (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overalls (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overalls (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overalls (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); overalls (Nepali, 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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