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sunsuit

sunsuit noun: a costume designed to protect a child from the sun.

Noun

sunsuit (plural sunsuits)

  1. A costume designed to protect a child from the sun.
    • The scale of the printed fabrics is just right: the yellow calico of a blond girl’s sunsuit, the tiny picturesque country scenes in red, blue and green on a gathered skirt.2007 August 8, Roberta Smith, “Doll, You Oughta Be in Pictures”, in New York Times

Forms of sunsuit

pluralsunsuits

Origin of sunsuit

From sun + suit.

Words formed from sunsuit

Questions about sunsuit

What does sunsuit mean?
Sunsuit means a costume designed to protect a child from the sun.
What part of speech is sunsuit?
Sunsuit is a noun.
What is the plural of sunsuit?
The plural of sunsuit is sunsuits.

Words near sunsuit in the dictionary

  1. sunstricken
  2. sunstrike
  3. sunstroke
  4. sunstrokes
  5. sunstruck
  6. sunsuit
  7. sunsuited
  8. sunsuits
  9. sunswept
  10. suntan
  11. suntan cream

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