Words / A2

GOWN/ɡaʊn/

A gown is a long dress for a special event, or a loose hospital coat: an evening gown, a hospital gown, a graduation gown. Dress is the everyday cousin. Grown is the past of grow. Down is a direction. Do not write gown when you mean grown, or down.

Meaning

A long dress for a special event, or a loose hospital coat.

Examples

• “She packed a dark gown for the dinner dance.”
• “She hired a gown for the charity dinner at the hall.”
• “Put on the hospital gown and wait behind the curtain.”

Good to know

an evening / hospital gown. Everyday: dress. Mix-up: grown, down.

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