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nightwear

American  
[nahyt-wair] / ˈnaɪtˌwɛər /

noun

  1. night clothes.

nightwear British  
/ ˈnaɪtˌwɛə /

noun

  1. apparel worn in bed or before retiring to bed; pyjamas, nightdress, dressing gown, etc

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Etymology

Origin of nightwear

night + wear

Example Sentences

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Layer up with clothes, safely use a hot water bottle, and make sure you have warm nightwear.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

In good Gothic fashion, the Markos Dance Academy also functions as a kind of boarding school where the dancers live on site, swanning through the ominously whispering halls in extremely artful nightwear.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2018

Nick Grimshaw This looks sick – I really like that look for nightwear.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

Like many folk of his age, he rarely changes out of his nightwear.

From Time • Jun. 6, 2011

Her nightwear was the antithesis of Mami's: in fact, Carla looked almost dressed up in her prim cotton nightgown.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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