article of clothing

collocation in English

meaningsofarticleandclothing

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article
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/
a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine, or on ...
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clothing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkləʊ.ðɪŋ/us
/ˈkloʊ.ðɪŋ/
clothes, especially clothes of a particular type or those worn in a ...
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(Definition ofarticleandclothingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofarticle of clothing

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A virtuous green would see herself as taking on the moral weight of production and disposal when she purchases anarticleofclothing(for example).
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Neither ascribing beauty to anarticleofclothingnor making the shawl an object with character and personality was new, but the context of these rhetorical strategies was.
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He has since explained that he was referring to some otherarticleofclothing, which no one has yet been able to identify.
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What they manufacture is anarticleofclothing, and there may have been some particular difficulty in that case.
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I was referring to the wrongarticleofclothing.
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The fact is that if she went for anarticleofclothing, she would be called upon to pay something like £8, £9, or £10.
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They are provided with every possiblearticleofclothingnecessary for their work, and are given every facility that can possibly be provided to enable them to do farm work.
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For example, in the case of clothing, if he found a mink coat he might be entitled to sell the mink coat and to substitute a cheaperarticleofclothing.
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Her shoes are probably her most distinctivearticleofclothing.
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The hangers are shaped in such a way that the customer will touch the label first when picking up thearticleofclothingfor inspection.
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Holsters are generally attached to a person's belt or waistband or clipped to anotherarticleofclothing.
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The term windbreak is also used to describe anarticleofclothingworn to prevent wind chill.
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Each team would be dealt a card, and the team with the lower card would have to take off anarticleofclothing.
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Another common, running-related injury is chafing, caused by repetitive rubbing of one piece of skin against another, or against anarticleofclothing.
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The term sleeve is a reference to the tattoo's size similarity in coverage to a long shirt sleeve on anarticleofclothing.
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Things quickly escalate and the mob strips her of every lastarticleofclothing, sending her jumping onto a stranger's departing boat for safety.
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Other than gloves, any otherarticleofclothingor protection worn for a purpose serve to protect the skin.
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If damage occurred to anarticleofclothingduring the laundering process, the cost of repair or replacement would be taken from the worker's pay.
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Ideally, a wornarticleofclothingbelonging to the owner should be included to comfort the pet.
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At each of the seven gates, she removed anarticleofclothingor a piece of jewelry.
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