Definition of sarong in English:
sarong
noun səˈrɒŋsəˈrɔŋ
A garment consisting of a long piece of cloth worn wrapped round the body and tucked at the waist or under the armpits, traditionally worn in SE Asia and now also by women in the West.
- Malay men wear baju Melayu, long-sleeved shirts over an ankle-length sarong or pants.
- Around the house, men wear shorts and a tank top, or a sarong (a skirtlike garment).
- Batik-inspired designs are often produced in factories on shirts, sarongs, table cloths, or dresses forming an iconic Malaysian aesthetic.
- The company offered rectangular versions of the scarves for use as sarongs, as well as fringed piece goods in a variety of fibers.
- When you're not lounging on a chaise or going for a dip in just your swimsuit, drape a pretty sarong around your hips, island style.
- I tie mine round my waist as a makeshift sarong and slip it round my shoulders to cover sunburn.
- I can wear the sarong over the bathing suit and go out at night and the t-shirt over a pair of jeans.
- I quickly changed and wrapped my sarong around my waist and headed back out to the deck where everyone else was.
- Down by the beach, a skinny man wearing nothing but John Lennon glasses and a bright yellow sarong was dancing around pieces of paper he had displayed on the grass verge.
- Not expecting visitors, she simply ties a sarong around her waist.
- Men and women also commonly wear sarongs (a skirtlike garment) in public.
- The young women simply wrapped the sarongs around their waists.
- She wore a bikini with a sarong tied around her waist.
- Other must-pack items include a sarong and gauzy shirts; both are compact and go the distance.
- The sarong is the national garment of Malayia, though not restricted to that area.
- Both Indonesian American men and women wear sarongs, traditional Indonesian garments with batik designs.
- Men and married women wear a loose tunic over a wrapped sarong.
- The traditional clothing of the Sinhalese is the sarama, a type of sarong (a wrapped garment).
- Never underestimate the versatility of a sarong.
- A few metres along, the group of young Spanish mothers are putting on clothes, shaking out sarongs, and collecting sunglasses and children.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Malay, literally 'sheath'.
Rhymes
along, belong, bong, chaise longue, Geelong, gong, Guangdong, Haiphong, Heilong, Hong Kong, Jong, King Kong, long, mah-jong, Mao Zedong, Mekong, nong, pong, prolong, Shillong, song, souchong, strong, thong, throng, tong, Vietcong, wrong
Definition of sarong in US English:
sarong
nounsəˈrôNGsəˈrɔŋ
A garment consisting of a long piece of cloth worn wrapped round the body and tucked at the waist or under the armpits, traditionally worn in Southeast Asia and now also by women in the West.
- I can wear the sarong over the bathing suit and go out at night and the t-shirt over a pair of jeans.
- I tie mine round my waist as a makeshift sarong and slip it round my shoulders to cover sunburn.
- When you're not lounging on a chaise or going for a dip in just your swimsuit, drape a pretty sarong around your hips, island style.
- Never underestimate the versatility of a sarong.
- Not expecting visitors, she simply ties a sarong around her waist.
- She wore a bikini with a sarong tied around her waist.
- The young women simply wrapped the sarongs around their waists.
- The company offered rectangular versions of the scarves for use as sarongs, as well as fringed piece goods in a variety of fibers.
- I quickly changed and wrapped my sarong around my waist and headed back out to the deck where everyone else was.
- Batik-inspired designs are often produced in factories on shirts, sarongs, table cloths, or dresses forming an iconic Malaysian aesthetic.
- The traditional clothing of the Sinhalese is the sarama, a type of sarong (a wrapped garment).
- Around the house, men wear shorts and a tank top, or a sarong (a skirtlike garment).
- A few metres along, the group of young Spanish mothers are putting on clothes, shaking out sarongs, and collecting sunglasses and children.
- Other must-pack items include a sarong and gauzy shirts; both are compact and go the distance.
- The sarong is the national garment of Malayia, though not restricted to that area.
- Both Indonesian American men and women wear sarongs, traditional Indonesian garments with batik designs.
- Men and women also commonly wear sarongs (a skirtlike garment) in public.
- Malay men wear baju Melayu, long-sleeved shirts over an ankle-length sarong or pants.
- Men and married women wear a loose tunic over a wrapped sarong.
- Down by the beach, a skinny man wearing nothing but John Lennon glasses and a bright yellow sarong was dancing around pieces of paper he had displayed on the grass verge.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Malay, literally ‘sheath’.