English · Daily Life
clothes
/kləʊðz/
[/kləʊðz/]
garments worn
Beginnernoun
Definition
Things such as shirts, trousers, and dresses that people wear to cover the body.
Example
She folded the clean clothes into neat piles and placed them carefully inside the wardrobe.
She folded the clean clothes into neat piles and placed them carefully inside the wardrobe.
Etymology
From Old English 'clathas', plural of 'clath' (cloth), of Germanic origin.
How & Where It’s Used
A basic everyday word for garments; 'clothing' is the more general mass noun.