garment
pronunciation
How to pronounce garment in British English:
UK [ˈɡɑːmənt]
How to pronounce garment in American English:
US [ˈɡɑːrmənt]
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- Noun:
- an article of clothing
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- Verb:
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
Word Origin
- garment (n.)
- c. 1400, "any article of clothing," reduced form of garnement (early 14c.), from Old French garnement "garment, attire, clothes" (12c.), from garnir "fit out, provide, adorn" (see garnish (v.)).
Example
- 1. Today rafiq daydreams about setting up his own garment shop .
- 2. One zipper gone wrong can render an entire garment unwearable .
- 3. In fact , few women wear the full garment in france .
- 4. Thousands of garment workers staged protests demanding higher safety standards .
- 5. An enterprising friend had discovered it through a google map search of the garment district .