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raingear

raingear noun: clothing worn as protection from rain.

Noun

raingear (uncountable)

  1. Clothing worn as protection from rain.
    • Exhilarated by her own cruelty, she stared at Robin’s Gore-Tex raingear until Robin was provoked to ask why. Denise said, “I’m just wondering if you’re ever tempted to be slightly less uncool.”2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
  2. Equipment for use in the rain.

Origin of raingear

From rain + gear.

Questions about raingear

What does raingear mean?
Raingear means clothing worn as protection from rain.
What part of speech is raingear?
Raingear is a noun.

Words near raingear in the dictionary

  1. raing
  2. raingarden
  3. raingardens
  4. raingauge
  5. raingauges
  6. raingear
  7. raings
  8. rainguard
  9. rainguards
  10. raingutter
  11. raingutters

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