Meaning of costume | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people
2. A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
   countable, uncountable
3. An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc
4. An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
   countable, uncountable
5. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
6. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
   countable, uncountable
7. A swimming costume
8. A swimming costume.
   countable, uncountable
9. To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb

Equivalents

Examples

“The apology came after a netizen claimed Soberano was supposedly doing a black face, but the latter said, in defense, it was just a “costume.””

“We wore gorilla costumes to the party.”

“The bride wore a grey going-away costume.”

“They call their bathing suits down there "costumes."”

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