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LEOTARDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leotards mean?
• LEOTARDS (noun)
The noun LEOTARDS has 1 sense:
1. skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
Familiarity information: LEOTARDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
leotards; tights
Hypernyms ("leotards" is a kind of...):
hose; hosiery (socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear))
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leotards"):
maillot (tights for dancers or gymnasts)
pantyhose (a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings)
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