Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 27 compound words that contain gown. The most common are listed below. Open gown in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- dressing gownAn item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.
- wedding gownA wedding dress.
- hospital gownA gown worn by patients, typically being knee-length, having short sleeves, and being secured on the body with strings or snaps.
- tea gownAlternative form of tea-gown.
- town and gownOn the one hand, the members of the city, borough, or similar community near a university and, on the other hand, the students and faculty of the university itself, especially when understood as rivals in a state of tension or conflict.
- Brunswick gownA two-piece woman's gown of the mid-18th century, comprising a hip-length or three-quarter length jacket with a high neckline and a hood, worn with a matching petticoat.
- ball gownAlternative form of ballgown: A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
- evening gownAn evening dress: an elegant dress worn by women.
- Geneva gownAn ecclesiastical garment customarily worn by ordained ministers in the Christian churches that arose out of the Protestant Reformation.
- suicide gownA tear-resistant single-piece outer garment designed so that it cannot be used to form a noose to hang oneself.
- mandarin gownA cheongsam (Chinese formal woman's dress).
- cap and gownAn academic robe and cap with mortarboard.
- Maria Clara gownA traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines; an aristocratic version of the baro't saya.
- surgical gownA protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery.
- bouffant gownA woman's evening gown that has a wide, full skirt, often of several layers
- sea gownA gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
- powdering gownA loose dressing gown worn while the hair or wig was being powdered.
- stuff gownSynonym of stuff gownsman: A junior barrister.
- carriage gownA fashionable dress and outerwear ensemble that is worn for riding in a carriage, walking in a garden, etc.
- commoner's gownA gown worn as part of subfusc by any undergraduate who has not been awarded a scholar's gown.
- scholar's gownA prestigious gown worn as part of subfusc by an undergraduate who achieved a first in prelims, as well as certain choral scholars and organ scholars.
- night-gownArchaic form of nightgown: A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
- morning gownA dressing gown.
- green gownA dress that has been stained green from rolling in the grass; generally with allusion to sexual activity, especially a woman's loss of virginity.
- old gownsmuggled tea
Compound words 27
- ballgownA formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
- daygownA daydress; a long loose robe designed to be worn during the day, usually by women.
- begownedsimple past and past participle of begown
- bedgownAn article of women's clothing for the upper body, usually worn in bed, thigh-length and wrapping or tying in front; a bedjacket.
- gownsmanOne whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.
- disgownTo divest of a gown of office; to defrock.
- gownlessWithout a gown.
- gownletA little gown.
- undergownA gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.
- begownto gown, dress in a gown