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gar·ment (gär′mənt)

noun

    1. any article of clothing
    2. clothes; costume
  2. a covering

Etymology: ME, contr. < OFr garnement < garnir: see garnish

transitive verb

to cover with, or as with, a garment; clothe

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garment Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • salvation: First, He cometh to his own with the garments of salvation, according to that word, Zech. ix.

Converse of object

  • knit: The pig by Thomson is lying on its side, the sheep appears to be knitting a garment from its own wool.

Adjective modifier

  • woolen: She sells meat, wool and woolen garments to her own circle of customers and at farmers ' markets.

Modifies a noun

  • factory: His father was a cutter in a New York garment factory.

Noun used with modifier

  • cleanroom: Cleanroom garments are designed to protect the environment from the wearer.
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garment quotes

Stretchpantsöthegarmentthat madeskiing a spectator sport.

-Anonymous

And she caught him by hisgarment, saying, Lie with me: and he left hisgarment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

-Bible (Old Testament)

All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is,Thou shalt die the death.

-Bible (Apocrypha)

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