swimwear

English

Etymology

From swim +‎ -wear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

swimwear (usually uncountable, plural swimwears)

1. Items of clothing appropriate for swimming.
   • April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tide[1]

     For Stockwell’s purposes, Halle Berry reps an appreciable presence in swimwear, but even her opening voiceover sounds swamped by boredom and regret.

Hyponyms

• bikini
• swim briefs
• swimcap
• swimming trunks
• swimshorts
• swimsuit

 

Derived terms

• in there like swimwear

Translations

clothing for swimming — see swimsuit