Meaning

1 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.

    The disturbance brought out many of the neighbors in their nightclothes.

    Nachtwäsche, Nachtkleidung, Nachtzeug

More definitions
  • garments designed to be worn in bed

Translations

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By meaning 1
clothing worn while sleeping:

Origin

From night + clothes.

From night + clothes.

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Forms

plural: nightclotheses
Singularnightclothes
Pluralnightclotheses

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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