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Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.
Sara Blakely

Meaning of "hosiery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOSIERY

hosiery  [ˈhəʊzɪərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOSIERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hosiery 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 HOSIERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hosiery

Hosiery

Hosiery, also referred to as legwear, describes garments worn directly on the feet and legs. The term originated as the collective term for products of which a maker or seller is termed a hosier; and those products are also known generically as hose. The term is also used for all types of knitted fabric, and its thickness and weight is defined in terms of denier or opacity. Lower denier measurements of 5 to 15 describe a hose which may be sheer in appearance, whereas styles of 40 and above are dense, with little to no light able to come through on 100 denier items. The first references to hosiery can be found in works of Hesiod, where Romans are said to have used leather or cloth in forms of strips to cover their lower body parts. Even the Egyptians are speculated to have used hosiery as socks have been found in certain tombs. Roller derby athletes shortly after a bout in Boise, Idaho wearing fishnet and patterned pantyhose Most hosiery garments are made by knitting methods. Modern hosiery is usually tight-fitting by virtue of stretchy fabrics and meshes. Older forms include binding to achieve a tight fit.

Definition of hosiery in the English dictionary

The definition of hosiery in the dictionary is stockings, socks, and knitted underclothing collectively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOSIERY


braziery
ˈbreɪzɪərɪ
dearie
ˈdɪərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
enquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
Erie
ˈɪərɪ
expiry
ɪkˈspaɪərɪ
fiery
ˈfaɪərɪ
glaziery
ˈɡleɪzɪərɪ
inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
judiciary
dʒuːˈdɪʃɪərɪ
Kediri
kɪˈdɪərɪ
lire
ˈlɪərɪ
Neri
ˈnɪərɪ
osiery
ˈəʊzɪərɪ
peri
ˈpɪərɪ
query
ˈkwɪərɪ
siri
ˈsɪərɪ
subsidiary
səbˈsɪdɪərɪ
theory
ˈθɪərɪ
weary
ˈwɪərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOSIERY

hosel
hoselike
hoseman
hosen
hosepipe
hosepipe ban
hoser
hosey
hosier
hosp
hospice
hospitable
hospitableness
hospitably
hospitage
hospital
hospital administrator
hospital bed
hospital bill

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOSIERY

aiery
battery
briery
celery
colliery
curriery
delivery
discovery
every
farriery
furriery
gallery
grocery
imagery
mystery
photo gallery
recovery
soldiery
special-delivery
surgery

Synonyms and antonyms of hosiery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOSIERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hosiery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hosiery

Translation of «hosiery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOSIERY

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

Translator English - Chinese

针织品
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calcetería
570 millions of speakers

English

hosiery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

होजरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجوارب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чулочно-носочные изделия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোসিয়ারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bonneterie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pakaian dalam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strumpfwaren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

靴下
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

양말
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaos kaki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hàng dệt kim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளாடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होजरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çorap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calzetteria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyroby pończosznicze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

панчішно - шкарпеткові вироби
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciorapi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάλτσες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shopping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strumpor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strømper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hosiery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSIERY»

The term «hosiery» is very widely used and occupies the 13.072 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSIERY» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «HOSIERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hosiery.
1
Sara Blakely
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.
2
Sara Blakely
I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it.
3
Sara Blakely
I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they did wear them, they were not admitting it! There was the problem right there. No wonder their hosiery was so uncomfortable.
4
Barbara Castle
I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOSIERY»

Discover the use of hosiery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hosiery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Entrepreneurship Development in Hosiery Industry
This Book Beautifully Portrays The State Of Affairs With Regard To Enterpreneurship Development In Hosiery Industry Of Ludhiana And Tirupur.
D.D. Sharma, J.S. Saini, 2001
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Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear ...
hosiery making only ; and 6 to underwear making only. In the presentation of data for 1914, as far as possible, the 7 occupations common to hosiery and underwear have been divided, and the data for each division shown separately, thus ...
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Royal Meeker, 1915
3
The Underwear & Hosiery Review
MANY of the large shoe stores handling a complete line of shoes maintain very good stocks of hosiery, and consider the department as one of their best revenue producers. However, very few of the general shoe stores properly push their ...
‎1920
4
The Blog Entries Of Hosiery Advocate [Edition 1.1]
Eugene T. S. Wong. 97. News: hosiery trends.........................................................119 98. 36th Outing In Shorts & Hosiery......................................120 99. News: male swimmers in hosiery; leggings banned.........120 100. Plans: No More Journalizing ...
Eugene T. S. Wong, 2009
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Directory of the Hosiery and Knit Goods Manufacturers of the ...
OHIO. German Woolen Mill, hosiery ; 1 set of cards. Akron. D. B. Stewart, seamless hosiery. Athens. Franz & Pope, seamless hosiery; buy yarn; 50 knitting machines. Bucyrus. A. & W. Amling, fancy knit goods and seamless hosiery ; 25 knitting ...
‎1884
6
Knitting Technology: A Comprehensive Handbook and Practical ...
For centuries the production of hosiery was the main concern of the knitting industry. The prototype machines for warp, circular, flat and fully-fashioned knitting were all originally conceived for knitting hosiery. Nowadays, however, hosiery ...
David J. Spencer, 2001
7
A Basis for a Performance Specification for Women's Full- ...
A BASIS FOR A PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION FOR WOMEN'S FULL- FASHIONED SILK HOSIERY By Herbert F. Schaefer and Richard S. Cleveland ABSTRACT The results of a survey on women's full-fashioned silk hosiery purchased ...
Herbert Frederick Schiefer, Richard Sumner Cleveland, 1935
8
Patient Care in Community Practice: A Handbook of ...
Graduated compression hosiery is used to provide compression and support in conditions related to venous insufficiency or oedema. Graduated compression garments exert the greatest degree of compression at the ankle, and the level of ...
Robin J. Harman, 2002
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Industry Wage Survey: Hosiery
$5.85 an hour, and were the largest occupational group in womenres hosiery mills (nearly one-fifth of the workers). Examiners, responsible for inspecting hosiery for defects or flaws5 and folders and boxers of finished hose each accounted for ...
‎1987
10
Brunswick Records: Other non-U.S. recordings and indexes
... Martin Program - SEE Plough's Inc. Pennzoil Program A - 1 154 Phoenix Hosiery Program A - 1 176, 1214 Phoenix Hosiery Program B - 1 176, 1214 Phoenix Hosiery Program C - 1181, 1186, 1214, 1217 Phoenix Hosiery Program D - 1 181, ...
Ross Laird, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOSIERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hosiery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sock it to me! How humble hosiery went haute | Fashion | The …
How humble hosiery went haute. The appointment of Rihanna as creative director of US sock company Stance has cemented the fashionable ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Fulgar bets on new high-tech fibers - www.sportswearnet.com
This fiber can be used for fashion apparel and sportswear as well as for circular knitwear, hosiery and seamless clothing. Other newborn fibers ... «SPORTSWEAR INTERNATIONAL, Jul 15»
3
Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI) Analyst Rating Update
The Company operates in five segments: Innerwear, Outerwear, Hosiery, Direct to Consumer and International. The Hanes brand covers all of ... «Money Flow Index, Jul 15»
4
Jourdan Dunn topless as she slips into swimwear for beach shoot …
It was an opportunity for the 24-year-old to capitalise on her ripped physique as she went topless to model an artistic combination of hosiery ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Sheer pantyhose: A trend for all ages | Toronto Star
Yup, a big change is afoot in the legwear market: banished for nearly two decades by fashion elites, hosiery is mounting a massive comeback ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
6
Town courthouse could face death sentence - Hinckley Times
It was built on the former site of T Jennings and Son hosiery factory, with the foundation stone laid in October 1998 and the complex of two ... «Hinckley Times, Jul 15»
7
How are retailers adjusting to changes in Downtown Pittsburgh …
Larrimor's, meanwhile, is “thinking about selectively adding cosmetics and hosiery” to the women's department, co-owner Lisa Slesinger said. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
8
Ring road 'pushed through' city centre | Leicester Mercury
... junction with Church Gate, where Castles Garage – now Matalan – can be seen on the far side and, to the left, Henig and Sons, the hosiery ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
9
Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG) Analyst Rating Update | Insider Trading …
... other holiday and the Electronics & Accessories category includes electronics, jewelry, apparel, hosiery and infant accessories departments. «Insider Trading Report, Jul 15»
10
Pantyhose, underwear not optional in Summa's updated dress code …
Akron General doesn't require hosiery with dresses and skirts, York said, “but it's not unreasonable.” Summa's ban on bare legs is generating ... «Akron Beacon Journal, Jul 15»

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