bedgown
- noun
- /ˈbɛdˌɡaʊn/
- Archaic
- In the old photographs, the women often donned elegant bedgowns as they relaxed at home.
Examples
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At night, Sasha wore a flannel bedgown, and often books lay in the bed between us.
Fiction book (2000) -
She slipped into her soft, cotton bedgown before sitting down with a cup of tea.
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"Get dressed," one of the men commanded, all three of them running appreciative eyes over Mevita in her bedgown.
Fiction book (1992) -
He heaved a sigh, looking at me, decidedly unglamorous in my woolen bedgown.
Fiction book (1992) -
During the cold winter nights, Grandma would always wear her cozy bedgown while reading by the fire.
Synonyms
A loose dress that women and girls wear to sleep
A loose dress worn in bed to sleep
A loose, comfortable dress women wear for sleeping
A long loose robe you wear over night clothes before getting dressed or while relaxing at home
A simple loose dress worn by women
A loose dress that women and girls wear in bed
A simple comfortable dress women wear at home for chores
A simple dress a woman wears at home for morning housework
A comfortable robe you wear at home to relax or after a shower
A loose dress that women wear in bed
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bedgown is made from two simple English words, bed and gown. It was a loose, comfortable 'gown' women wore at home or in bed, so the name tells you exactly what it was.