Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dressing gown

/ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: dress-ing -gown
IPA: /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

British usage

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From dressing + gown.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

dressing gowns (plural) dressing-gown (alternative)

Phrases

dressing-gowned

Synonyms

bathrobe robe de chambre robe-de-chambre lounging robe

Questions

How do you pronounce dressing gown?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/.
What does dressing gown mean?: 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.
Where does dressing gown come from?: From dressing + gown.

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