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I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.
David Walliams

Meaning of "dressing gown" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRESSING GOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRESSING GOWN

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Dressing gown is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRESSING GOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dressing gown

Bathrobe

A bathrobe, dressing gown or housecoat is a robe. A bathrobe is usually made from towelling or other absorbent textile, and may be donned while the wearer's body is wet, serving both as a towel and an informal garment. A dressing gown or a housecoat is a loose, open-fronted gown closed with a fabric belt that is put on over nightwear on rising from bed, or, less commonly today, worn over some day clothes when partially dressed or undressed in the morning or evening. The regular wearing of a dressing gown by men about the house is derived from the 18th-century wearing of the banyan in orientalist imitation. The Japanese yukata is an unlined, cotton kimono worn as a bathrobe or as summer outdoor clothing. Several styles of bathrobes are marketed to consumers, categorised by textile material and type of weave.

Definition of dressing gown in the English dictionary

The definition of dressing gown in the dictionary is a full robe worn before dressing or for lounging.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRESSING GOWN

dressed to the nines
dressed up
dresser
dressguard
dressier
dressiest
dressily
dressiness
dressing
dressing case
dressing room
dressing station
dressing table
dressing table set
dressing-down
dressing-up
dressings
dressmake
dressmaker
dressmaking

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRESSING GOWN

academic gown
ball gown
ballgown
bedgown
bluegown
bridal gown
disgown
evening gown
Geneva gown
gown
nightgown
shortgown
stuff gown
tea gown
undergown

Synonyms and antonyms of dressing gown in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dressing gown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRESSING GOWN

Find out the translation of dressing gown to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dressing gown from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dressing gown» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

晨衣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bata
570 millions of speakers

English

dressing gown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ड्रेसिंग गाउन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رُوب الـحَمَّام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

халат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

roupão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ড্রেসিং গাউন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

robe de chambre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gaun pengantin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Morgenmantel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドレッシングガウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화장복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gaun klamben
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

áo ngủ choàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆடை அணிவகுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रेसिंग घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sabahlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vestaglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szlafrok
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

халат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

halat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρόμπα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kamerjas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

morgonrock
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

morgenkåpe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dressing gown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSING GOWN»

The term «dressing gown» is regularly used and occupies the 83.087 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSING GOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dressing gown

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2 QUOTES WITH «DRESSING GOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dressing gown.
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Victoria Beckham
I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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David Walliams
I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRESSING GOWN»

Discover the use of dressing gown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dressing gown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Outside in My Dressing Gown and Other Poems for Garden Lovers
In her fourth book of humorous verse, Liz Cowley focuses on gardens and gardeners.
Liz Cowley, 2013
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Rameau's Nephew and Other Works
If a book was covered with dust, one of the flaps of my old dressing gown was always ready to hand to wipe it clean. If the ink was too thick and refused to run out of my pen— presto, there was the skirt of my old dressing gown ready to serve as ...
Denis Diderot, 2001
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Pursuing Sherlock Holmes
So there must have been more to the dressing-gown than the usual associations that have been established for gray. In Sherlock Holmes, the mouse-colored dressing-gown produced a certain degree of agitation, a call to action, a desire to  ...
Bill Mason, 2010
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Consumption: Disciplinary approaches to consumption
good-natured little essay entitled, "Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown." This essay begins with Diderot sitting in his study bemused and melancholic. Somehow this study has undergone a transformation. It was once crowded, ...
Daniel Miller, 2001
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Biographies and Space: Placing the Subject in Art and ...
Diderot and his dressing gown 'Regrets sur ma vielle Robe de Chambre', was first published in 1772.3 In it Diderot described in detail his feelings on replacing his old, worn dressing gown, 'my ragged, humble, comfortable old wrapper' with a  ...
Dana Arnold, Joanna Sofaer Derevenski, 2007
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Weird Tales 349 - 85th Anniversary Issue
There was no need to wonder if he had been wearing the dressing gown at the time. He had been. Overton was actually chortling with glee; I suspected it was only conservationist's instincts keeping him from clutching the dressing gown to his ...
Ann VanderMeer, 2009
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Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations and Analysis
If the suit is variously a uniform, the garment representing an abnegation of interest in clothes or a central part of the dandy's wardrobe, then the dressing- gown – another garment prominently featured in both films – is usually, as Bruzzi notes, ...
Stella Bruzzi, Pamela Church Gibson, Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Cultural Studies Pamela Church Gibson, 2013
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Dostoevsky's Democracy
But unlike his initial inspection of the peasant-convict, undertaken with a similar feeling of “fearful mistrust,” the dressing-gown destroys the sense of psychological distance he had until then succeeded in preserving (PSS 4:136/ 207). Even as ...
Nancy Ruttenburg, 2010
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HMM Dallas Music and Entertainment Memorabilia Auction ...
Dressing gown: silk jacquard, ostrich feathers; Negligee: silk jacquard; Label: Nolan Miller; Dress Size: 6/8. Dusty pink silk jacquard negligee with fitted bodice and full floor-length A-line skirt. The back is closed by a zipper and hook & eye, and ...
Gary Dowell, Don Mangus, James L. Halperin (editor), 2008
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Miscellanies: Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. ...
Mac in a dressing-gown (I mean 'Beth, not 'Ready), — Mac in list slippers, — Mac in a cotton nightcap, with a tassel bobbing up and down, — I say the thought is unworthy, and am sure the worthy thane would have come out, if suddenly called  ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRESSING GOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dressing gown is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hit the road Jack: Housemates turn on BB star in bidding war
You only ever wear that [dressing gown ]anyway." To which the Plymouth lad hit back saying: "I can wear some clean shirts." Forcing Chloe to ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
2
Man who lived in a horse box is spared custodial sentence
But when his neighbour joked to her friend that Staples could 'talk for England', he took offence and grabbed her dressing gown lapels and ... «Worksop Today, Jul 15»
3
Crash victim Max Lewis' friends raise more than £8000 at memorial …
He was also known for his signature look of wearing his mum Niki Lewis' pink polka dot dressing gown to parties, which many wore in tribute to ... «This Is Wiltshire, Jul 15»
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Big Brother 2015 update: More cash bomb twists, hair ball gate and …
... based challenges of the day as Jack was later offered cash to boost the prize fund in return for cutting his dressing gown into 100 pieces. «Telly Mix, Jul 15»
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Appeal for information on pensioner who went missing from hospital
... described as being around 5'4” tall, with short grey coloured hair, and was wearing a long blue dressing gown with a dark blue fleece over it. «Mid Ulster Mail, Jul 15»
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Billi Mucklow marks son Arlo turning three weeks old with cute photo!
In her snap, Arlo makes a right cutie in his fluffy white dressing gown and ... in his dressing gown and slippers #LittleAC #3weeksold #bedtime. «Reveal, Jul 15»
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SA jury told alleged murderer Wei Li admits his mother died at his …
“There was a bloodstained pole and dressing gown cord near the body ... the accused's fingerprints were on the pole in blood,” Mr Preston said ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
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Ten years on: Remembering Tamworth soldier hero Leon Spicer
and he would say: 'Go on mum, put your dressing gown on and I'll go down and put the kettle on!' And I would, and we'd be up talking until ... «Tamworth Herald, Jul 15»
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To pool or not to pool?
In order to make sure you'll get the best use of it, you need to ensure you can walk to it with your dressing gown still on.' Cirencester-based ... «Country Life, Jul 15»
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'Isolated' alcoholic took his own life in hospital, coroner rules
“He even took the cord off the dressing gown I bought him for Christmas, joking 'I can't have that in case I try to kill myself'. In the early hours of ... «Winsford Guardian, Jul 15»

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