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three-piece suit

three-piece suit noun: a suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.

Noun

three-piece suit (plural three-piece suits)

  1. A suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.
    • Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure

Forms of three-piece suit

pluralthree-piece suits
alternative form3-piece suit

Questions about three-piece suit

What does three-piece suit mean?
Three-piece suit means a suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.
What part of speech is three-piece suit?
Three-piece suit is a noun.
What is the plural of three-piece suit?
The plural of three-piece suit is three-piece suits.

Words near three-piece suit in the dictionary

  1. three-peating
  2. three-peats
  3. three-penny bit
  4. three-phase
  5. three-piece
  6. three-piece suit
  7. three-piece suite
  8. three-piece suites
  9. three-piece suits
  10. three-pile
  11. three-pipe problem

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