NIGHTDRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nightdress mean? 

• NIGHTDRESS (noun)
  The noun NIGHTDRESS has 1 sense:

1. lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGHTDRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gown; night-robe; nightdress; nightgown; nightie

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

intimate apparel; lingerie (women's underwear and nightclothes)

nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear (garments designed to be worn in bed)

Meronyms (parts of "nightdress"):

nightcap (a cloth cap worn in bed)

 Context examples 

"Thank God," I said to myself, "she cannot be far, as she is only in her nightdress."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man's bare breast which was shown by his torn-open dress.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As I came close, she put up her hand in her sleep and pulled the collar of her nightdress close around her throat.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I must have pinched up a piece of loose skin and have transfixed it, for there are two little red points like pin-pricks, and on the band of her nightdress was a drop of blood.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)