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# gown

«gown» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, formal dress worn for special events like a ball…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a gown, gowns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gown is a long, formal dress worn for special events like a ball or a wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#m1)

2) A gown is a loose robe worn over clothes for a job or ceremony, such as by a judge, a graduate or a surgeon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#m2)

3) A hospital gown is a loose garment patients wear in hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#m3)

4) A dressing gown is a warm robe worn over pyjamas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#m4)

5) A nightgown is a long, loose garment worn in bed for sleeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In fairy tales princesses wear ball gowns. In everyday life, a dressing gown (UK, Australia, NZ) or bathrobe (US) is worn at home; doctors and nurses wear gowns to keep germs away, an important hygiene idea. At graduation students wear a cap and gown. Phrases: ball gown, wedding gown, dressing gown, hospital gown, cap and gown.

### examples

- Cinderella wore a beautiful gown to the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x1)
- I put on my dressing gown and slippers after my bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x2)
- The surgeon wore a green gown and a mask. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x3)
- At the hospital, Grandpa had to wear a paper gown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x4)
- The bride's wedding gown had a long train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x5)
- The judge wore a black gown and a wig. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x6)
- At graduation, my sister wore a cap and gown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x7)
- They sang and danced in their night-gowns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: gowns. Rhymes with «down» and «town». A «gown» is more formal than a «dress». In the US a dressing gown is usually called a «robe» or «bathrobe».

### In the corpora

- [He wears a long dressing-gown, carries a flat candlestick, and «had probably been on his way to bed».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/13/)
- [For his money Toad gets «a cotton print gown, an apron, a shawl, and a rusty black bonnet».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman/18/)
- [Toad swims to the bank, the wet cotton gown dragging at him, and runs after the barge wanting revenge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gown» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gown/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.