underwire
underwire noun: a semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.
Noun
underwire (plural underwires)
- A semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.
- A bra that includes such wires.
Verb
underwire (third-person singular simple present underwires, present participle underwiring, simple past and past participle underwired)
- To fix such a wire in place.
Forms of underwire
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | underwires |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | underwires |
| present participle | underwiring |
| past participle | underwired |
| past | underwired |
Origin of underwire
From under- + wire.
Words that rhyme with underwire
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- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about underwire
- What does underwire mean?
- Underwire means a semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.
- What part of speech is underwire?
- Underwire can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of underwire?
- The plural of underwire is underwires.
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