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KIMONO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kimono mean? 

KIMONO (noun)
  The noun KIMONO has 1 sense:

1. a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japaneseplay

  Familiarity information: KIMONO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KIMONO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("kimono" is a kind of...):

robe (any loose flowing garment)


 Context examples 


He blew a hole in the skirt of my kimono, bless his shaky old hand, but we got a jacket on him, and he's to be all right in a week.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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