[pl.] the things that you wear, such as trousers/pants, dresses and jackets:
I bought some new clothes for the trip. * to put on / take off your clothes * Bring a change of clothes with you. * She has no clothes sense (= she does not know what clothes look attractive).
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clothes / clothing
You use clothes [pl] to talk about the things that you wear: I'll just put on some clean clothes. You use clothing [U] to talk about clothes in general or a particular type of clothes: the clothing industry * protective clothing.
Note that there is no singular form of clothes. You can, however, talk about a piece/an item/an article of clothing. Note also the expression: I haven't got anything to wear (= any suitable clothes) for the party tonight.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for clothes is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is clothes a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, clothes is tagged as noun.
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