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FOUNDATION GARMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foundation garment mean? 

FOUNDATION GARMENT (noun)
  The noun FOUNDATION GARMENT has 1 sense:

1. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the bodyplay

  Familiarity information: FOUNDATION GARMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOUNDATION GARMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

foundation; foundation garment

Hypernyms ("foundation garment" is a kind of...):

undergarment; unmentionable (a garment worn under other garments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foundation garment"):

corset; girdle; stays (a woman's close-fitting foundation garment)

roll-on (a woman's foundation garment rolled on to the hips)


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