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BAHTHR-ohb/ˈbɑːθrəʊb/

A bathrobe is a loose coat worn before or after a bath or shower. A dressing gown is the usual UK home twin; a towel is not a coat. Boarding: a bathrobe is not uniform; dressing gowns have a named hook.

Meaning

A loose coat worn before or after a bath or shower (close to a dressing gown).

Examples

• “A bathrobe is not boarding uniform; dressing gowns have a named hook.”
• “A hotel bathrobe on a trip still stays in the room; it is not a souvenir.”

Good to know

a bathrobe. Close (UK): a dressing gown. Contrast: a towel / a coat. Boarding / hotels. Countable. Mix-up: a bath is the tub or the wash.

Near in meaning

dressing gown

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