evening gown

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• Evening gown — For other uses, see Gown (disambiguation). For a brief history of the gown, see Clothing terminology. Wedding Bridesmaid in long gown …   Wikipedia

• evening gown — noun a gown for evening wear • Syn: ↑dinner dress, ↑dinner gown, ↑formal • Hypernyms: ↑gown, ↑formalwear, ↑eveningwear, ↑evening dress, ↑evening clothes …   Useful english dictionary

• evening gown — a woman s formal dress, usually having a floor length skirt. Also called gown. * * * …   Universalium

• evening gown — eve′ning gown n. clo a woman s formal dress, usu. having a floor length skirt …   From formal English to slang

• evening gown — /ˈivnɪŋ gaʊn/ (say eevning gown) noun a woman s formal or semi formal dress, especially one with a floor length skirt …  

• evening gown — woman s formal dress, dress for evening social occasions …   English contemporary dictionary

• gown — /gown/, n. 1. a woman s dress or robe, esp. one that is full length. 2. nightgown. 3. dressing gown. 4. See evening gown. 5. a loose, flowing outer garment in any of various forms, worn by a man or woman as distinctive of office, profession, or… …   Universalium

• evening dress — evening ,dress noun 1. ) evening dress or evening wear uncount formal clothes that people wear when they go to important social events in the evening 2. ) evening dress or evening gown count a long dress that a woman wears when she goes to an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• evening dress — n 1.) [U] formal clothes that people wear for formal meals, parties, and social events in the evening 2.) also evening gown especially AmE an attractive dress that a woman wears to a formal meal, party, or social event in the evening …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Gown — A gown (medieval Latin gunna ) is a (usually) loose outer garment from knee to full length worn by men and women in Europe from the early Middle Ages to the seventeenth century (and continuing today in certain professions); later, gown was… …   Wikipedia

• gown — 01. She looked simply stunning in a classic red strapless evening [gown]. 02. The native chiefs wore their beautiful ceremonial [gowns] at the signing of the historic treaty. 03. The old woman had on a fetching black [gown] and a long string of… …   Grammatical examples in English