corset

1. 1.

   a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

   Synonymsgirdlestays

   Broaderfoundation garment

   Narrowerpanty girdle

1. 1.

   dress with a corset

   Broaderdress

Other forms of corset

plural

corsets·

past tense

corsetted·

present participle

corsetting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about corset

What does corset mean?

corset means "a woman's close-fitting foundation garment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in corset?

corset has 2 syllables: cor-set. The stress falls on "cor". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹsət/.

What is another word for corset?

Close synonyms include girdle, stays. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corset a common word?

corset is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.