pyjama jacket

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• pyjama jacket — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑pyjamas …   Useful english dictionary

• jacket — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fitted, tailored ▪ baggy, loose ▪ heavy, thick ▪ light, lightweight …   Collocations dictionary

• pyjama — [18] Pyjamas are etymologically ‘leggarments’ – that is, ‘trousers’. The word comes from Hindi pāejāma, a compound formed from Persian pāī ‘foot’, hence ‘leg’ (which goes back to the same Indo European ancestor as English foot) and jāmah… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• pyjama — [18] Pyjamas are etymologically ‘leggarments’ – that is, ‘trousers’. The word comes from Hindi pāejāma, a compound formed from Persian pāī ‘foot’, hence ‘leg’ (which goes back to the same Indo European ancestor as English foot) and jāmah… …   Word origins

• pyjama — noun 1. a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries • Syn: ↑pajama • Hypernyms: ↑trouser, ↑pant 2. (usually plural) loose fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a …   Useful english dictionary

• PYJAMAS — n.pl. (US pajamas) 1 a suit of loose trousers and jacket for sleeping in. 2 loose trousers tied round the waist, worn by both sexes in some Asian countries. 3 (pyjama) (attrib.) designating parts of a suit of pyjamas (pyjama jacket; pyjama… …   Useful english dictionary

• pyjamas — [[t]pɪʤɑ͟ːməz[/t]] N PLURAL: also a pair of N (The spelling pajamas is used in American English. The forms pyjama and pajama are used as modifiers.) A pair of pyjamas consists of loose trousers and a loose jacket that people, especially men, wear …   English dictionary

• pyjamas */ — UK [pəˈdʒɑːməz] / US [pəˈdʒɑməz] noun [plural] 1) a) comfortable trousers and a shirt that you wear in bed a pair of pyjamas He was still in his pyjamas. b) any clothes that you wear to bed 2) a loose pair of cotton trousers that some people in… …   English dictionary

• pyjamas — is the standard spelling in BrE, but in AmE it is pajamas. It is a plural noun in ordinary use (Whose pyjamas are these?), but takes a singular form when used attributively (i.e. before a noun, as in pyjama jacket and pyjama suit) …   Modern English usage

• gape — UK [ɡeɪp] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms gape : present tense I/you/we/they gape he/she/it gapes present participle gaping past tense gaped past participle gaped 1) to look at something or someone with your mouth open because you are very… …   English dictionary

• Pajamas — Pyjama redirects here. For other meanings of pyjama or pajama or similar see Pajamas (disambiguation). Pajamas, also spelled pyjamas (see also spelling differences), can refer to several related types of clothing. The original paijama are loose,… …   Wikipedia