BATHING COSTUME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bathing costume mean? 

• BATHING COSTUME (noun)
  The noun BATHING COSTUME has 1 sense:

1. tight fitting garment worn for swimming

  Familiarity information: BATHING COSTUME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATHING COSTUME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tight fitting garment worn for swimming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bathing costume; bathing suit; swimming costume; swimsuit; swimwear

Hypernyms ("bathing costume" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bathing costume"):

bikini; two-piece (a woman's very brief bathing suit)

maillot; tank suit (a woman's one-piece bathing suit)

bathing trunks; swimming trunks (swimsuit worn by men while swimming)