/ English Dictionary |
PANTYHOSE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pantyhose" is a kind of...):
leotards; tights (skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls)
Meronyms (parts of "pantyhose"):
stocking (close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural))
underpants (an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin)