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11two-piece suit — noun a business suit consisting of a matching jacket and skirt or trousers • Syn: ↑two piece, ↑lounge suit • Hypernyms: ↑business suit * * * noun, pl ⋯ suits [count] : a suit consisting of a jacket with matching pants or a jacket with a matching… …
12three-piece — adjective (of clothing) made in or consisting of three parts or pieces the standard three piece business suit; jacket and trousers and vest • Ant: ↑one piece, ↑two piece …
13three-piece — /ˈθri pis/ (say three pees) adjective 1. consisting of three matching pieces, as a woman s coat, skirt and blouse, a man s jacket, trousers and waistcoat, or a lounge and two chairs. 2. having three parts. –noun 3. a three piece outfit, suit, etc …
14three-piece — adj. Three piece is used with these nouns: ↑suit, ↑suite …
15three — O.E. þreo, fem. and neut. (masc. þri, þrie), from P.Gmc. *thrijiz (Cf. O.Fris. thre, M.Du., Du. drie, O.H.G. dri, Ger. drei, O.N. þrir, Dan. tre), from PIE *trejes (Cf. Skt. trayas, Avestan thri, Gk. treis …
16Suit (clothing) — Western dress codes Formal wear Formal Semi formal Informal (including lounge suits) Smart casual Business casual Casual Active attire …
17Suit (history) — The man s suit of clothes is a set of garments which are crafted from the same cloth. This article discusses the history of the lounge suit, often called a business suit when made in dark colours and of conservative cut.Our current styles were… …
18suit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. petition, appeal, prayer; courtship, wooing; suite, retinue, train; outfit, set, group, sequence; lawsuit, action, litigation. See request, endearment, clothing, continuity, class. v. t. satisfy,… …
19piece — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, of Gaulish origin; akin to Welsh peth thing Date: 13th century 1. a part of a whole: as a. fragment < pieces of broken glass > b. any of the individual members… …
20-piece — [[t] piːs[/t]] COMB in ADJ: ADJ n piece combines with numbers to form adjectives indicating that something consists of a particular number of items. ...his well cut three piece suit. ...a hundred piece dinner service. ...a four piece band from… …
