EVENING CLOTHES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does evening clothes mean? 

• EVENING CLOTHES (noun)
  The noun EVENING CLOTHES has 1 sense:

1. attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening

  Familiarity information: EVENING CLOTHES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVENING CLOTHES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

evening clothes; evening dress; eveningwear; formalwear

Hypernyms ("evening clothes" is a kind of...):

attire; dress; garb (clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evening clothes"):

balldress (a suit or dress for formal occasions)

dinner dress; dinner gown; evening gown; formal (a gown for evening wear)

black tie; dinner jacket; tux; tuxedo (semiformal evening dress for men)

dress suit; full dress; tail coat; tailcoat; tails; white tie; white tie and tails (formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men)

 Context examples 

You might want to buy new evening clothes and see about refreshing your look while Venus is in earth-sign Capricorn, a sign perfect for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)