Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housecoat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: house-coat
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bathrobe or dressing gown.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"They went downstairs in their gay cotton house-coats and found Mrs Dibble in the kitchen, doddering over a lunch that required no preparation, being merely a section of ham sausage and a few pickled onions."
"Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing."

Etymology

From house + coat.

Usage

Inflected Forms

housecoats (plural) house-coat (alternative)

Derived Forms

housecoated

Synonyms

negligee neglige peignoir wrapper

Questions

What does housecoat mean?: A bathrobe or dressing gown.
Where does housecoat come from?: From house + coat.

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