cardigan
- noun
- /ˈkɑrdɪɡən/
- I bought a cozy cardigan to keep warm on chilly evenings.
- cardigan sweater
This is just the most beautiful cardigan I have ever seen.
- This is just the most beautiful cardigan I have ever seen.
- Also got her this cardigan, this little yellow cardigan with a bumblebee hood.
- And then I also got her this little rainbow cardigan from Next.
- If you wear like Maizon Kitsune cardigan, it's a fun and playful and Parisian.
- It's basically just a really thin, lightweight knitted cardigan with fat wing style sleeves.
- We have this like little tie up kind of short sleeve cardigan.
Examples
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And then I also got her this little rainbow cardigan from Next.
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How about a nice cashmere cardigan?
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This is just the most beautiful cardigan I have ever seen.
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It's like my go to little cardigan for the winter.
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It's a long cardigan with a belt.
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But only after his second cup of tea did he decide to pull on his cardigan and investigate.
Fiction book (1998) -
There was a black Lands' End cardigan upstairs in my suitcase.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm wearing Alfie's new cardigan that he purchased in town today.
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Oh my God, That is the coolest cardigan I've ever seen.
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Beneath it, she wore a brown cardigan and a yellow scarf tied at her throat.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
A short coat that reaches the waist or hips and fastens at the front
Clothing made by knitting, like sweaters or scarves
Compounds
A small herding dog from Wales with rounded ears, a long tail, short legs, and a strong body
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cardigan comes from the name of a British army leader, the Earl of Cardigan, who wore a short, buttoned knitted jacket and made the style popular. So today a cardigan is a 'knitted jacket' that 'opens at the front' and fastens with buttons.