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- Dictionarycostume/ˈkɒstjuːm/
noun
- 1. a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period: "authentic Elizabethan costumes" Similar
verb
- 1. dress (someone) in a particular set of clothes: "the dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth-century dresses"
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a set of clothes worn in order to look like someone else, esp. for a party or as part of an entertainment: [ C ] a clown costume. A costume is also the set of clothes typical of a particular country or period of history: [ U ] The dancers dressed in national costume.
The meaning of COSTUME is the prevailing fashion in coiffure, jewelry, and apparel of a period, country, or class. How to use costume in a sentence.
a set of clothes worn in order to look like someone else, esp. for a party or as part of an entertainment: [ C ] a clown costume. A costume is also the set of clothes typical of a particular country or period of history: [ U ] The dancers dressed in national costume.
Costume definition: a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.. See examples of COSTUME used in a sentence.
Definition of 'costume' Word Frequency. costume. (kɒstjuːm , US -tuːm ) Word forms: plural costumes. 1. variable noun B2. An actor's or performer's costume is the set of clothes they wear while they are performing. Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.
costume. noun. /ˈkɒstjuːm/ /ˈkɑːstuːm/ [countable, uncountable] the clothes worn by people from a particular place or during a particular historical period. an exhibition of Victorian costumes. She wore a traditional costume of bright pink silk. in… costume a painting of a woman in Welsh costume.
A costume is a set of clothes you wear when you want to dress up like another person. You might wear a witch's costume to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, or put on a George Washington costume to reenact a scene from the American Revolution in a play.
Costume Definition. The style of dress, including accessories, typical of a certain country, period, profession, etc. A set of clothes in such a style, as worn in a play or at a masquerade. An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period. dress or garb characteristic of another period, place, person, etc., as worn on the stage or at balls.
1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people. 2. An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions. 3. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
