a knitted woollen or cotton piece of clothing for the upper part of the body, with long sleeves. In British English the word is used to describe a piece of clothing with no buttons. In American English a sweater can have buttons and be like a jacket.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is sweater a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sweater is tagged as noun.
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