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JEANS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jeans mean?
• JEANS (noun)
The noun JEANS has 1 sense:
1. (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
Familiarity information: JEANS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
blue jeans; denim; jeans
Hypernyms ("jeans" is a kind of...):
pair of trousers; pant; trousers ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately)
workwear (heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work)
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 "jeans"):
Context examples
Me for the laundry, and a good front, with big iron dollars clinkin' in my jeans.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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