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p-uh-JAHM-uh-z/pəˈdʒɑːməz/

Pyjamas are loose clothes for bed — British spelling. American English says pajamas. Usually plural: a pair of pyjamas. Wear pyjamas; in your pyjamas. A nightdress is one piece for some women; do not wear pyjamas to school.

Meaning

Loose clothes you wear in bed (British). Usually plural: a pair of pyjamas.

Examples

• “He put on his pyjamas.”
• “Are these pyjamas clean?”
• “He came to the door in his pyjamas.”

Good to know

British pyjamas = pajamas. a pair of pyjamas. Contrast: nightdress.

Near in meaning

pajamas

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