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The clothes that one wears when bathing in the sea or a swimming pool; a swimming costume, bathing suit, swimming trunks or swimsuit.
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bathing costume — noun tight fitting garment worn for swimming • Syn: ↑swimsuit, ↑swimwear, ↑bathing suit, ↑swimming costume • Hypernyms: ↑garment • Hyponyms: ↑bikini, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bathing costume — [[t]be͟ɪðɪŋ kɒstjuːm, AM tuːm[/t]] bathing costumes N COUNT A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls. [BRIT, OLD FASHIONED] She wore a one piece white bathing costume. Syn: swimsuit … English dictionary
bathing costume — bathing cos|tume [ˈbeıðıŋ ˌkɔstju:m US ˌka:stu:m] n BrE old fashioned a ↑swimsuit … Dictionary of contemporary English
bathing costume — bathing suit, swimsuit, garment worn for swimming … English contemporary dictionary
bathing costume — noun (C) BrE old fashioned a bathing suit … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bathing suit — [n] clothing for swimming, sunning bathing costume, beach costume, bikini, maillot, one piece, swimsuit, trunks, two piece; concept 451 … New thesaurus
bathing — 1540s, action of BATHE (Cf. bathe) (q.v.). Bathing suit is recorded from 1852 (bathing costume from 1830); bathing beauty is 1920, from vaudeville … Etymology dictionary
bathing suit — bathing costume, swimsuit, garment worn for swimming … English contemporary dictionary
Canadian bathing costume — noun (formerly) a woollen swimming costume consisting of a pair of woollen pants fastened with a drawstring and extending halfway down the thighs, and a sleeveless guernsey, often in dark blue with white bands; originally two piece but later one… …
bathing suit — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swimsuit, swimming suit, trunks, bikini, two piece suit, tank suit, maillot, monokini, string bikini, bathing costume, beach costume, bathing dress, topless suit, wet suit, two piece*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… … English dictionary for students
