dressing gownnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdres.ɪŋ ˌɡaʊn/us/ˈdres.ɪŋ ˌɡaʊn/a loose piece of clothing like a coat, worn informally inside the house, especially before getting dressed in the morning or after getting undressed in the evening
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bathrobe
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Nightwear
- bathrobe
- jimjams
- negligée
- nightcap
- nightclothes
- nightdress
- nightgown
- nightie
- nightshirt
- nightwear
- pajama
- pajamas
- PJs
- pyjama
- pyjamas
- robe
Examples from literature
- But it was David, wrapped in a long gray dressing gown, looking for all the world like a monk.
- He had breakfast served in his room, and he ate it in a red dressing gown with green tassels.
- It needed painting badly, but it looked quite as well as the minister who came to the door in a ragged dressing gown.
- Katy was alone, sitting up in her pretty dressing gown of blue, which was so becoming to her pure complexion.
- The colonel was standing in the middle of his parlor, wrapped in a gaudy dressing gown, and in his hand he held my mangled bulletin.