clothes
noun
Simple meaning
The covering of a bed.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
klohthzIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkloʊðz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
Clothing in general
plural only
Items of clothing; apparel.
Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
Used this way, clothes is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
Share your sentence
Common Patterns and Combinations
How this word naturally appears with others.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A dryer that dries clothes wet from washing.
A dryer that dries clothes wet from washing.
A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried.
A hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on.
Any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens.
Wood or plastic fastener.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
A store where men's clothes are sold.
More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin
Synonyms
Sense: covering of a bed
Ask Vocabaura
Understand the word your way.
What Does It Mean Here?
Words can change meaning depending on context.
Use it yourself
Knowing “clothes” starts when you use it. Pick a next step, all free.
Dictionary data from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API. Simple meanings, combinations and word intelligence are built from verified reference data, no AI is used to load this page.