beachwear

[ beech-wair ]

noun

1. clothing for wear at a beach, swimming pool, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beachwear¹

First recorded in 1925–30; beach + wear

Example Sentences

Environmental organization Parley for the Oceans has collaborated with Dior on a beachwear capsule collection for the third year in a row.

From Los Angeles Times

The government has made fighting radical Islam a priority, and secularism is seen as a bulwark against the feared growth of religious influence on daily life, down to beachwear.

From Seattle Times

Today, the government has made fighting radical Islam a priority, and secularism is seen as a bulwark against the feared growth of religious influence on daily life, down to beachwear.

From Seattle Times

Giddy and super-stoked, the girls have come equipped with suitcases of beachwear, tubs of makeup and apparently superhuman livers.

From New York Times

Suddenly, they’re transported to another realm: a large soundstage lit in icy blue and muted fuchsia, where their garish beachwear is replaced with tight black T-shirts and pants — a sea of Kens transplanted to “Singin’ in the Rain.”

From New York Times

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