Meaning of dressing gown | Babel Free
ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊnDefinitions
An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.
Ireland, UK
Equivalents
Català
bati
Čeština
župan
Cymraeg
gŵn tŷ
Deutsch
Bademantel
Ελληνικά
ρόμπα
Suomi
aamutakki
Gaeilge
fallaing sheomra
Gàidhlig
còta-leapa
Íslenska
baðsloppur
Italiano
vestaglia
ქართული
ხალათი
Қазақша
халат
Lietuvių
chalatas
Latviešu
halāts
Nederlands
kamerjas
Română
halat
Svenska
morgonrock
ไทย
เสื้อคลุม
Türkçe
ropdöşambır
Українська
халат
Oʻzbekcha
xalat
Examples
“After about ten minutes he got up, and, throwing on an elaborate dressing-gown of silk-embroidered cashmere wool, passed into the onyx-paved bathroom.”
“I was feeling just as I had felt in the old Malvern House epoch when I used to sneak down to [the headmaster]'s study at dead of night in quest of the biscuits he kept there in a tin on his desk, and there came back to me the memory of the occasion when, not letting a twig snap beneath my feet, I had entered his sanctum in pyjamas and a dressing-gown, to find him seated in his chair, tucking into the biscuits himself. [...] She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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