COSTUME
\kˈɒstjuːm], \kˈɒstjuːm], \k_ˈɒ_s_t_j_uː_m]\
Definitions of COSTUME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"
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the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume"
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unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"
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the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
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dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
By Princeton University
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the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"
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the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume"
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unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"
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the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
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characterized by the use of period costume or fancy dress; "a costume movie"; "a costume ball"
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dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.
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Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.
By Oddity Software
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Dress in general; style of dress; a dress for a woman; the dress of a given time, class, etc.
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To dress in, or provide with, appropriate garments.
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Costumer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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