gown
30
3.5
- noun
- /ɡaʊn/
- Specialized
- Even in a standard-issue hospital gown, he doesn't look like a man from our time.
- gowns and masks
- gowns and gloves
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Watch on YouTubeSo PPE, the masks, the gowns, the goggles, the gloves.
- So PPE, the masks, the gowns, the goggles, the gloves.
- Like in the case of COVID, it was masks, Shields, gloves, gowns, etcetera.
- He should have done the same thing for the ingredients needed for testing for all, for gloves, for masks, for gowns.
- We don't have the masks, don't have the gloves, don't have the gowns, the protective equipment they need to keep themselves safe and do the work that they have to do.
- Because they were in the white doctor gowns with their orange faces and white necks.
Examples
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Miss Sadler, let's get a clean gown on him.
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The surgeon put on a clean gown to ensure a sterile environment during the operation.
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Then he arrived on the floor of Congress, still in a hospital gown with no shoes.
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- It's a hospital gown.
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Yeah, like a white hospital gown.
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Somebody in a hospital gown.
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The man in the white gown, his hair covered with a cap.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now, if you'll just take your clothes off and put on that gown, the doctor will be with you in a minute.
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Man, this would be hard even if I wasn't wearing a hospital gown.
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The coarse paper hospital gown the MU gave him when he arrived felt like it contained splinters.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
1
4.1
A protective garment surgeons wear during operations to keep the area sterile
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.8
A long loose robe you wear over night clothes before getting dressed or while relaxing at home
- Specialized
1
4.1
A protective garment surgeons wear during operations to keep the area sterile
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9.9
A plain black robe worn by Protestant church ministers for services and graduation ceremonies
How Protective
- Specialized
1
6.5
15
4.0
- Specialized
30
3.5
- Specialized
29
2.5
27
2.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gown comes from an old French word goune meaning 'loose outer garment'. A medical gown is a protective robe — it is called a gown because it covers the body like a robe to keep things clean.