soft goods
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3.0
- noun
- /sɔft ɡʊdz/
- Jargon
:
productos textiles
- And for years she was in the business of designing toys and soft goods for moms with toddlers.
Examples
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During the sale, I bought several soft goods including shirts and a pair of shoes.
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That space will be bridged with soft goods later, and that should give us a lot of extra comfort.
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I I think for clothing, for shoes, and for a variety of soft goods, return rates are high because you need to try it on and try it out.
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We'll start upstairs, where everything from sketches to material evaluation and even soft goods creation happens.
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And for years she was in the business of designing toys and soft goods for moms with toddlers.
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The store specializes in soft goods like clothing, accessories, and bedding.
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Many online retailers offer soft goods such as blankets and pillows for home decor.
Synonyms
Cloth, clothing, and other items sold in shops for sewing or the home
How Durable
8
3.5
- Jargon
1
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense ‘textiles, clothing and similar merchandise’ follows directly from combining 'soft' (having a yielding or delicate texture) with 'goods' (products/merchandise): i.e. products made of soft materials. The contrast with 'hard goods' and the straightforward descriptive composition make this readily inferable for a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Soft goods comes from shops that split what they sold into soft and hard items. The picture is simple: soft things are cloth, towels, and clothes you can fold, while 'hard' things are tools or furniture, so soft goods came to mean textiles and clothing sold in stores.