apparel

«apparel» in Mova's school dictionary: Clothing, especially clothes of a certain kind: «sports… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (apparel – uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal or old) Clothing, especially clothes of a certain kind: «sports apparel». tree →

2) (old) Fine clothes and dress for a special occasion. tree →

sense in the lessons

In shops and adverts, especially in the USA: «outdoor apparel», «children's apparel». In old stories and the Bible: «fine apparel», «gorgeous apparel». In The Wind in the Willows Toad's disguise as a washerwoman is very different from his grand motoring apparel. In everyday talk we say «clothes».

examples

• The shop sells sports apparel. tree →
• The king was dressed in rich apparel. tree →
• Rain apparel keeps you dry on camping trips. tree →
• Toad swapped his fine apparel for the washerwoman's dress. tree →
• The school apparel store sells uniforms. tree →
• «Wear suitable apparel for the hike,» said the notice. tree →
• However, Cinderella, notwithstanding her mean apparel, was a hundred times handsomer than her sisters, though they were always dressed very richly. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «an apparel» or «apparels». Formal; everyday word: clothes. Do not confuse with «apparent» (clear, seeming).

In the corpora

• 'Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?' —

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «apparel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.