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underclothing

underclothing noun: clothing worn next to the skin; underwear.

Noun

underclothing (countable and uncountable, plural underclothings)

  1. clothing worn next to the skin; underwear.
    • She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else.1964, Philip K. Dick, “NINE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 112

Forms of underclothing

pluralunderclothings

Origin of underclothing

From under- + clothing.

Questions about underclothing

What does underclothing mean?
Underclothing means clothing worn next to the skin; underwear.
What part of speech is underclothing?
Underclothing is a noun.
What is the plural of underclothing?
The plural of underclothing is underclothings.

Words near underclothing in the dictionary

  1. underclocks
  2. undercloth
  3. underclothe
  4. underclothed
  5. underclothes
  6. underclothing
  7. underclothings
  8. undercloths
  9. underclub
  10. underclubbed
  11. underclubbing

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