bathing costume
1bathing costume — noun tight fitting garment worn for swimming • Syn: ↑swimsuit, ↑swimwear, ↑bathing suit, ↑swimming costume • Hypernyms: ↑garment • Hyponyms: ↑bikini, ↑ …
2bathing costume — [[t]be͟ɪðɪŋ kɒstjuːm, AM tuːm[/t]] bathing costumes N COUNT A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls. [BRIT, OLD FASHIONED] She wore a one piece white bathing costume. Syn: swimsuit …
3bathing costume — bathing cos|tume [ˈbeıðıŋ ˌkɔstju:m US ˌka:stu:m] n BrE old fashioned a ↑swimsuit …
4bathing costume — bathing suit, swimsuit, garment worn for swimming …
5bathing costume — noun The clothes that one wears when bathing in the sea or a swimming pool; a swimming costume, bathing suit, swimming trunks or swimsuit …
6bathing costume — noun (C) BrE old fashioned a bathing suit …
7bathing suit — [n] clothing for swimming, sunning bathing costume, beach costume, bikini, maillot, one piece, swimsuit, trunks, two piece; concept 451 …
8bathing — 1540s, action of BATHE (Cf. bathe) (q.v.). Bathing suit is recorded from 1852 (bathing costume from 1830); bathing beauty is 1920, from vaudeville …
9bathing suit — bathing costume, swimsuit, garment worn for swimming …
10Canadian bathing costume — noun (formerly) a woollen swimming costume consisting of a pair of woollen pants fastened with a drawstring and extending halfway down the thighs, and a sleeveless guernsey, often in dark blue with white bands; originally two piece but later one… …