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power suits

power suits is the plural of power suit.

Meaning of power suit

Noun

power suit (plural power suits)

  1. A suit, stereotypically associated with the 1980s, characterized by sharp cuts, wide shoulder pads, and a stiff rigidity.
    • At her job she meets Marjorie (Lynn Redgrave), a successful business woman with a luxurious office and a wardrobe of power suits.1986 April 19, Shelley Mains, “TV Shows Dykes as Yuppie "Gay Women"”, in Gay Community News, page 6
  2. A powered exoskeleton.
    • The crew chief was wearing a bulky exoskeleton power suit that enabled her to manipulate components weighing over a tonne […]2007, Herbert S. Watson, DK-37, the Flight of Prometheus
    Synonyms:
    hardsuit

Questions about power suits

What is power suits the plural of?
Power suits is the plural of power suit.

Words near power suits in the dictionary

  1. power structure
  2. power structures
  3. power struggle
  4. power struggles
  5. power suit
  6. power suits
  7. power supplies
  8. power supply
  9. power surge
  10. power surges
  11. power take-off

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