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night·gown

(nīt′goun′)

A loose garment worn in bed or for lounging. Also called nightdress.

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nightgown

(ˈnaɪtˌɡaʊn)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) another name for nightdress

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a man's nightshirt

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night•gown

(ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn)

n.

1. a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.

2. Archaic. dressing gown.

[1350–1400]

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Noun

nightgown - lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

nightdress, nightie, night-robe, gown

intimate apparel, lingerie - women's underwear and nightclothes

nightcap - a cloth cap worn in bed

nightclothes, nightwear, sleepwear - garments designed to be worn in bed

Translations

ثَوبُ الْنَّومِثَوب النَّوْم للنِّساء

noční košile

natkjole

Nachthemd Pyjama Schlafanzug

νυχτικό

camisón

yöpaita

chemise de nuit

spavaćica

náttkjóll

camicia da notte

ねまき

잠옷

nachthemd

nattkjole nattdrakt

koszula nocna

camisa de noite camisola

ночная рубашка

nočná košeľa

nattlinne

ชุดนอน

gecelik

váy ngủ

女睡衣睡衣

nightgown

[ˈnaɪtgaʊn] N (esp US) → camisón m de noche

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nightgown

[ˈnaɪtgaʊn] n (US) → chemise f de nuit

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nightgown

[ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn] n (frm) → camicia da notte

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

night

(nait) noun

1. the period from sunset to sunrise. We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; (also adjective) He is doing night work.

2. the time of darkness. In the Arctic in winter, night lasts for twenty-four hours out of twenty-four.

ˈnightly adjective, adverb

every night. a nightly news programme; He goes there nightly.

ˈnight-club noun

a club open at night for drinking, dancing, entertainment etc.

ˈnightdress, ˈnightgown noun

a garment for wearing in bed.

ˈnightfall noun

the beginning of night; dusk.

ˈnightmare noun

a frightening dream. I had a nightmare about being strangled.

ˈnightmarish adjective

ˈnight-school noun

(a place providing) educational classes held in the evenings for people who are at work during the day.

ˈnight shift

1. (a period of) work during the night. He's on (the) night shift this week.

2. the people who work during this period. We met the night shift leaving the factory.

ˈnight-time noun

the time when it is night. Owls are usually seen at night-time.

ˌnight-ˈwatchman noun

a person who looks after a building etc during the night.

nightgown

→ ثَوبُ الْنَّومِ noční košile natkjole Nachthemd νυχτικό camisón yöpaita chemise de nuit spavaćica camicia da notte ねまき 잠옷 nachthemd nattkjole koszula nocna camisa de noite, camisola ночная рубашка nattlinne ชุดนอน gecelik váy ngủ 女睡衣

nightgown

n. bata de dormir, camisa o camisón.

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She made ruffled chemises of sheer linen, with her own fine edgings and French embroidery on breast and shoulders; linen hand-made combination undersuits; and nightgowns, fairy and cobwebby, embroidered, trimmed with Irish lace.

"Would you please show me other hand-made things nightgowns, chemises, and such things, and tell me the prices you pay?"

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"It was leaving the farm, and putting up lunch in a basket, and a little riding and a little steam cars, and we carried our nightgowns."

Cobb gave a cluck, slapped the reins, and the horses started sedately on their daily task--"all I want to say is that it is a journey when"--the stage was really under way now and Rebecca had to put her head out of the window over the door in order to finish her sentence--"it IS a journey when you carry a nightgown!"

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As to quantity, she bought enough to make a nightgown."

In going back to her own room, her nightgown must have brushed the wet paint on the door.

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The youngster was in his long white nightgown, that kept tripping him up as Madame Ratignolle led him along by the hand.

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Standing on the ledge he could see trees far away, which were doubtless the Kensington Gardens, and the moment he saw them he entirely forgot that he was now a little boy in a nightgown, and away he flew, right over the houses to the Gardens.

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With a sob she hastily discarded her garments, put on the skimpy nightgown and sprang into bed where she burrowed face downward into the pillow and pulled the clothes over her head.

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The woman kissed his eyes, and with thin, small hands felt the warm body through his white flannel nightgown. She pressed him closer to herself.

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She stood there in so much of her candor and so little of her nightgown, with her pink bare feet and the golden glow of her curls.

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The lurid presentment so powerfully affected her imagination in the silence of the sleeping house that her nightgown became damp with perspiration, and the bedstead shook with each throb of her heart.