WIDOW'S WEEDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does widow's weeds mean? 

• WIDOW'S WEEDS (noun)
  The noun WIDOW'S WEEDS has 1 sense:

1. a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning

  Familiarity information: WIDOW'S WEEDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIDOW'S WEEDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

weeds; widow's weeds

Hypernyms ("widow's weeds" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)