(of fashionable clothes)

См. также в других словарях:

• clothes-horse — clothesˈ horse noun 1. A frame for hanging laundry on to air or to dry 2. A person, usu a woman, whose value is primarily perceived as a model for fashionable clothes (informal) • • • Main Entry: ↑clothe …   Useful english dictionary

• fashionable — fash|ion|a|ble [ fæʃ(ə)nəbl ] adjective ** 1. ) popular at a particular time: Gardening has become very fashionable. fashionable clothes it is fashionable to do something: It has become fashionable to criticize public institutions. 2. ) popular… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fashionable */*/ — UK [ˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) popular at a particular time Gardening has become very fashionable. fashionable clothes it is fashionable to do something: It has become fashionable to criticize public institutions. 2) a) popular with rich… …   English dictionary

• fashionable*/*/ — [ˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l] adj 1) popular at a particular time Ant: unfashionable fashionable clothes[/ex] It is now fashionable to buy organic food.[/ex] 2) popular with rich and successful people, and often expensive London s most fashionable shopping… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• clothes horse — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms clothes horse : singular clothes horse plural clothes horses 1) a frame of plastic or wooden bars used for hanging wet clothes inside the house 2) informal someone who wears very fashionable clothes and looks… …   English dictionary

• clothes horse — noun 1》 a frame on which washed laundry is hung to dry. 2》 informal a person who models or is over concerned with wearing fashionable clothes …   English new terms dictionary

• clothes horse — clothes horses 1) N COUNT A clothes horse is a folding frame used inside someone s house to hang washing on while it dries. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone, especially a woman, as a clothes horse, you mean that they are… …   English dictionary

• clothes — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, elegant, fancy, fine, lovely, nice, pretty ▪ cheap, expensive ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• clothes — n.pl. 1 garments worn to cover the body and limbs. 2 bedclothes. Phrases and idioms: clothes horse 1 a frame for airing washed clothes. 2 colloq. an affectedly fashionable person. clothes line a rope or wire etc. on which washed clothes are hung… …   Useful english dictionary

• Clothes-Line — This article is about the early BBC television programme. For other meanings, see Clothesline (disambiguation). Clothes Line Genre Documentary, Fashion Created by Mary Adams Presented by James Laver and Pearl Binder …   Wikipedia

• fashionable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ make sth ▪ consider sth …   Collocations dictionary