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shapewear

shapewear noun: foundation garments, designed to hold a part of the body in a particular form.

Noun

shapewear (uncountable)

  1. Foundation garments, designed to hold a part of the body in a particular form.

Origin of shapewear

From shape + -wear.

Questions about shapewear

What does shapewear mean?
Shapewear means foundation garments, designed to hold a part of the body in a particular form.
What part of speech is shapewear?
Shapewear is a noun.

Words near shapewear in the dictionary

  1. shapester
  2. shapesters
  3. shapeth
  4. shapeup
  5. shapeups
  6. shapewear
  7. Shapi Leima
  8. Shapin
  9. shaping
  10. shaping for
  11. shaping up

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