clothing
/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.47 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Marco runs a clothing brand."
- "You should wear warm clothing when it is cold outside."
- "All but two pieces of clothing came out of the washing machine stained."
- "A poncho is an item of clothing used by many people in Latin America."
- "A shirt is an article of clothing that covers the torso and arms."
- "From others he ſhall ſtand in need of nothing, / Yet on his Brothers ſhall depend for Cloathing."
Etymology
From Middle English clothing, clathing, from Old English *clāþung, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþungu (“clothing”), equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots clathing, claithing (“clothing”), Saterland Frisian Klodenge (“clothing”), West Frisian klaaiïng (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish kläding, klädning (“clothing, dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/