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costume
[ noun kos-toom, -tyoom; verb ko-stoom, -styoom ]
noun
- a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- dress or garb characteristic of another period, place, person, etc., as worn on the stage or at balls.
- fashion of dress appropriate to a particular occasion or season:
dancing costume; winter costume.
- a set of garments, especially women's garments, selected for wear at a single time; outfit; ensemble.
verb (used with object)
- to dress; furnish with a costume; provide appropriate dress for:
to costume a play.
adjective
- of or characterized by the wearing of costumes:
a costume party.
- meant for use with or appropriate to a specific costume:
costume accessories.
costume
/ ˈɒː /
noun
- a complete style of dressing, including all the clothes, accessories, etc, worn at one time, as in a particular country or period; dress
national costume
- old-fashioned.a woman's suit
- a set of clothes, esp unusual or period clothes, worn in a play by an actor or at a fancy dress ball
a jester's costume
- short for swimming costume
verb
- to furnish the costumes for (a show, film, etc)
- to dress (someone) in a costume
Other Word Forms
- cDz·ٳܳ verb (used with object) recostumed recostuming
- ܲ·Dztܳ adjective
- ɱ-Dztܳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of costume1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The "underwear" is worn outside the clothes, like a superhero costume.
Attempts will be made to break records in two, four and 10-person costumes.
Scenery, props and half the costumes were donated by the Anaheim-based, family-run stage company 3D Theatricals, and the designers waived their fees.
The adverts were even embedded into elements of the presentation itself, with multiple wrestlers making their way to the ring in special costumes designed to promote video games.
My only quibble is the costume team’s decision to accessorize Smoke in blue and Stack in flame red.
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