Costume - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
verb
Extra examples
...the days when people, costumed in their Sunday best, would parade along the grand avenue on Easter...
You're invited to a costume party!
His costume was eccentric and affected.
Hallowe'en costumes
The dancers were in national costume.
...pepper the costume with flecks of glitter...
She made her son's costume from scraps of felt.
...wore a hirsute mask as part of his werewolf costume...
...a display case in the antiques shop filled with costume jewelry and various kickshaws from the 1920s...
...the ludicrous sight of their teacher in a Halloween costume...
The little boy pranced across the room in his cowboy costume.
The costume is made from scratchy material.
...a “sexy French maid” costume for the woman who wants to get in touch with her inner wench—at least on Halloween...
She walked down the aisle very carefully, so as not to disturb her costume.
We panoplied ourselves in walking costume.
Word forms
singular: costume
plural: costumes
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