frock

1. 1.

   put a frock on

   Broaderdress

Other forms of frock

plural

frocks·

past tense

frocked·

present participle

frocking·

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 frock

What does frock mean?

frock means "a long, loose outer garment". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frock?

frock has 1 syllable: frock. In IPA it is /ˈfɹɑk/.

What is another word for frock?

Close synonyms include dress. 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 frock a common word?

frock 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.