gown
[noun]
Synonyms: dress, costume, frock, garb, garment, habit, robe

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

gown /ɡaʊn/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: goune, from Late Latin gunna]

1. a long dress that a woman wears on formal occasions
wedding/evening/ball gown
a white silk wedding gown

2. a long loose piece of clothing worn for special ceremonies by judges, teachers, lawyers, and members of universities Synonym : robe

3. a long loose piece of clothing worn in a hospital by someone doing or having an operation:
a hospital gown
⇒ dressing gown

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

gown
noun
I. woman's long dress
ADJ. long | flowing She was dressed in a long flowing gown.
ball, bridal, evening, wedding
GOWN + VERB be trimmed with sth She wore a white satin gown trimmed with lace.
PREP. in a/the ~

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

gown
II. worn by judges, surgeons, etc.
ADJ. academic | hospital, surgical
PREP. in a/the ~
PHRASES town and gown (= the permanent members of a university town and the members of its university)
 ⇒ Special page at CLOTHES

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

gown
ɡaun
See: town and gown

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲