Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 11 compound words that contain gowns. The most common are listed below. Open gowns in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- wedding gownsplural of wedding gown: A wedding dress.
- dressing gownsplural of dressing gown: An 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.
- evening gownsplural of evening gown: An evening dress: an elegant dress worn by women.
- Geneva gownsplural of Geneva gown: An ecclesiastical garment customarily worn by ordained ministers in the Christian churches that arose out of the Protestant Reformation.
- hospital gownsplural of hospital gown: A gown worn by patients, typically being knee-length, having short sleeves, and being secured on the body with strings or snaps.
- suicide gownsplural of suicide gown: A tear-resistant single-piece outer garment designed so that it cannot be used to form a noose to hang oneself.
- ball gownsplural of ball gown: A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
- Brunswick gownsplural of Brunswick gown: A 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.
- carriage gownsplural of carriage gown: A fashionable dress and outerwear ensemble that is worn for riding in a carriage, walking in a garden, etc.
- mandarin gownsplural of mandarin gown: A cheongsam (Chinese formal woman's dress).
- sea gownsplural of sea gown: A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
- stuff gownsplural of stuff gown: A junior barrister.
- surgical gownsplural of surgical gown: A protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery.
- tea gownsplural of tea gown
- Maria Clara gownsplural of Maria Clara gown: A traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines; an aristocratic version of the baro't saya.
- bouffant gownsplural of bouffant gown: A woman's evening gown that has a wide, full skirt, often of several layers
- powdering gownsplural of powdering gown: A loose dressing gown worn while the hair or wig was being powdered.
- commoner's gownsplural of commoner's gown: A gown worn as part of subfusc by any undergraduate who has not been awarded a scholar's gown.
- scholar's gownsplural of scholar's gown: A 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-gownsplural of night-gown: A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
- fire-gownsplural of fire-gown: A form of nightgown designed for a woman to be worn outside in the event of a fire.
- green gownsplural of green gown: A dress that has been stained green from rolling in the grass; generally with allusion to sexual activity, especially a woman's loss of virginity.
- morning gownsplural of morning gown: A dressing gown.
- wrapping gownsplural of wrapping gown: A nightgown.
Compound words 11
- nightgownsplural of nightgown: A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
- ballgownsplural of ballgown: A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
- bedgownsplural of bedgown: An article of women's clothing for the upper body, usually worn in bed, thigh-length and wrapping or tying in front; a bedjacket.
- Bluegownsplural of Bluegown: One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
- daygownsplural of daygown: A daydress; a long loose robe designed to be worn during the day, usually by women.
- disgownsthird-person singular simple present indicative of disgown: To divest of a gown of office; to defrock.
- gownsmenplural of gownsman: One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.
- overgownsplural of overgown: A gown worn over other clothing.
- teagownsplural of teagown
- undergownsplural of undergown: A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.