article of clothing
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- noun
- /ˈɑrtɪkəl əv ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
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- She decided to donate an article of clothing from her closet.
So say you have an article of clothing and you grab that article of clothing and you're like, I, I love this sweater.
- So say you have an article of clothing and you grab that article of clothing and you're like, I, I love this sweater.
- In today's video, I am I'm going to be trying on every single thrifted article of clothing that I own.
- I have one article of clothing that's not the jacket left.
- Anytime an article of clothing contains synthetic fibers, that's plastic.
- Get down the stairs right now, mom, I'm like, she walks down the stairs, not a single article of clothing on completely naked.
- So right there we have the legacy of slavery encoded into the articles of clothing that are to be found on DOC.
- They're not parts like, you know, pages in this book or the articles of clothing that I'm wearing or even, you know, the fingers on my hand.
Examples
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The charity drive collected many articles of clothing for those in need.
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Would you describe this article of clothing to the courtroom?
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You have to take off an article of clothing.
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Take off an article of clothing.
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An article of clothing from when I was young.
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But for each answer, you must remove one article of clothing.
Fiction book (1998) -
Please select your preferred article of clothing.
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They found several articles of clothing.
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Now, per the e-mail that Lupus sent, we each have eight articles of clothing.
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Since 1999, when the program began, more than 35,000 articles of clothing have been distributed to more than 3,200 clients.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.8
An item of clothing that covers the body
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9.9
Special clothes worn for a certain role or ceremony
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'article' (an object) + 'of' (linking) + 'clothing' (garments) yields 'an object that is clothing', i.e. a single item of clothing. This noun-of-noun pattern is common across languages and follows normal English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Article of clothing The noun article of clothing comes from an older use of article meaning 'a single thing' used in shops or lists, together with clothing meaning clothes. So it means 'one item' of clothing, like a shirt or a pair of trousers.