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lounging jacket

lounging jacket

6.6
A soft jacket a man wears at home often tied with a belt
  • noun
  • /ˈlaʊndʒɪŋ ˈdʒækɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : chaqueta de estar
  • In the evenings, he preferred wearing a lounging jacket while reading by the fire.

Examples

  • He wore a comfortable lounging jacket at home.

  • He changed into his lounging jacket as soon as he got home from work.

  • The lounging jacket was made from luxurious velvet and had a comfortable tie belt.

  • My father loves his new lounging jacket!

  • He put on his lounging jacket before settling down on the couch to watch a movie.

  • After a long day, he enjoyed relaxing in his favorite lounging jacket that felt soft against his skin.

  • On lazy weekends, he loves to wear his comfortable lounging jacket while sipping coffee and reading.

Synonyms

smoking jacket
vslounging jacket
  • Archaic
4 6.3

A man's soft jacket like a short robe, often made of velvet, worn at home while relaxing

is softer and made for general at-home relaxation rather than smoking
loungewear
vslounging jacket
1 3.2

Comfortable casual clothes you wear to relax at home

is a single mens tied at-home outer garment rather than a clothing category
lounging robe
vslounging jacket
4.1

A comfortable robe you wear at home to relax or after a shower

is a shorter coatlike home garment worn rather than a full dressing layer
lounger
vslounging jacket
3.3

A loose, comfortable piece of clothing worn at home to relax in

is a specific tied-belt mens home garment more structured than general loose wear

Antonyms

16 1.8

A matching jacket and trousers worn for formal work or important meetings

1 3.5

A dress, suit, or gown people wear for special occasions

How Comfortable

bathrobe
51 1.1
dressing gown
  • UK
8 2.8
lounging jacket
  • Archaic
6.6
cardigan
27 1.0
suit
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

lounge + jacket

The meaning 'a jacket for wearing at home while relaxing' is directly derivable from combining 'lounge' (to relax) with 'jacket' — the participial form 'lounging' simply specifies the jacket's typical use. This is a regular attributive/compounding pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The noun lounging jacket comes from the idea of lounging, meaning 'relaxing at home', and the word jacket for a soft garment worn indoors. So, it refers to a soft, comfortable jacket for wearing at home, often with a tie belt like a 'dressing gown'.