garment
noun (a garment, garments)
Everyday
- A garment is a piece of clothing, such as a shirt, dress, coat or pair of trousers. tree →
- Used in shops, factories and labels as a formal word for clothes. tree →
In the lessons
Used in formal writing, labels («wash this garment inside out»), shops and history. Phrases: «a garment factory», «outer garment», «garment care». It tells the reader about an item of clothing.
Examples
- Check the label before washing the garment. tree →
- The factory makes garments for many shops. tree →
- A cloak was a common garment long ago. tree →
- Hang wet garments on the line to dry. tree →
- This garment should be dry-cleaned. tree →
- She sewed a new garment for her doll. tree →
- The child's short garment reached only to her knee. tree →
Note
Countable: a garment, garments. More formal than «clothes» or «piece of clothing». Labels use it a lot.
In Jewish tradition
It can mean everyday clothing, the holy clothes of the priests, or cloth that could become unclean with a skin disease. In the prophets and Job it is also a picture, for the covering of the sea or clouds, or for the bloodstained clothes of a warrior.
Interpretation. The priestly garments were made "for splendour and for beauty," and tradition says each one helped atone for a certain sin; the law also forbids mixing wool and linen (shaatnez). The tradition reads the figures of garments as showing God's greatness over creation.
Examples
- and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house; (Torah LEV.14.55, JPS 1917) tree →
- And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. (Torah GEN.39.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for splendour and for beauty. (Torah EXO.28.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who can uncover the face of his garment? (Writings JOB.41.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who hath bound the waters in his garment? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with crimsoned garments from Bozrah? (Prophets ISA.63.1, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Countable: a garment, garments. More formal than «clothes» or «piece of clothing». Labels use it a lot.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «garment» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «garment» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «garment» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «garment» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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