Meaning

1 senses
  1. A nightgown; (usually female) attire designed to be worn to bed.

    She was too modest to come downstairs dressed only in her nightdress.

    lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

Examples

3 sentences
  1. She was only wearing her nightdress when the roundup happened.

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  2. I'm in my nightdress.

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  3. Mary put on her nightdress.

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Origin

From night + dress.

From night + dress.

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Forms

plural: nightdresses

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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