BLOUSE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A top worn by women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

top (a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips)

Meronyms (parts of "blouse"):

neckline (the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blouse"):

garibaldi (a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers)

guimpe (a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress)

middy; middy blouse (blouse with a sailor collar)

shirtwaist; shirtwaister (a blouse with buttons down the front)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb blouse