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noun

any article of clothing: dresses, suits, and other garments.

an outer covering or outward appearance.

verb (used with object)

to clothe, dress, or cover.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English garnement < Old French garniment, equivalent to garni(r) to garnish + -ment -ment

Related forms

gar·ment·less, adjective

re·gar·ment, verb (used with object)

un·gar·ment·ed, adjective

well-gar·ment·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. attire, apparel, garb, dress, costume.

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Bangladesh has the lowest garment wages in the world, according to labor rights advocates.

I've seen a lot of babies breastfed, even in church, but there was always some garment for the mother's modesty.

Most work in garment factories, seen as the best of a few bad choices.

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Bangladesh has the lowest garment wages in the world, according to labor rights advocates.

I've seen a lot of babies breastfed, even in church, but there was always some garment for the mother's modesty.

Most work in garment factories, seen as the best of a few bad choices.

Patronize garment makers whose clothes do not require dry cleaning.

Another account simply says that the garment and buttons somehow found their way into the hands of a prison guard.

Clips for the garment bag don't accommodate anything but wire hangers.

Garment industry labor leaders were among those arrested after protests over a recent increase in the minimum wage.

In total, it's an extraordinarily well-crafted garment.

For many items there is no information whatsoever as to what fabric the garment is made of.

The civil war has had a negative impact on economic growth, which is based largely on tea and garment manufacture.

It is his work that lives so vividly in my mind's eye and the capemy garment of choice.

We didn't study some long dead miner's trousers and then carefully distress the garment to match.

The garment industry in any case is not inclined to such innovation.

The god was pleased, so dyed a garment purple for his favorite consort.

Jeans and tactical pants are the same school of garment.

The tiles are powered by a rechargeable battery that is also incorporated into the garment.

The artisans who make this jacket create the pattern freehand as they guide the garment through a treadle-operated sewing.

If you want to attach your synth to a garment or some fabric of your own choice, feel free to bring it with you to the workshop.

And, with a four figure price tag, the weight of the garment suddenly seemed too much to bear.

The design may vary based on the cut of the fabric in each individual garment.

Information on posture and movement is measured by the stress on sensors built into the garment.

The private sector is thriving in spite of the political scenario, largely on the back of the readymade garment export industry.

Cut out as many large sections as you can from each garment.

Augmented reality allows the customers to select a garment off the rack without having to try it on physically.

With a practiced flourish worthy of any sleight-of-hand expert, he unfurled the garment and revealed the matchstick, now unbroken.

Tumi's new garment bags are downsized to fit under your plane seat, but the tri-fold design won't put wrinkles in your wardrobe.

It's a garment that swaddles the dog and reportedly calms them down.

Manning has since been issued a garment to sleep in at night.

The materials are suitable to reuse on another garment or recycle into a completely new one.

His foot is swollen and almost as green as his garment.

They had kicked off their shoes and changed into the traditional, loose, ankle-length garment.

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garment (ˈɡɑːmənt)

—n
1.	(often plural) an article of clothing
2.	outer covering

—vb
3.	(tr; usually passive) to cover or clothe

[C14: from Old French garniment, from garnir to equip; see garnish]

'garmentless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

garment

c.1300, from O.Fr. garnement, from garnir "fit out, provide, adorn" (see garnish).

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