nightdress

Questions about nightdress

What does nightdress mean?

nightdress means "lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women".

How many syllables are in nightdress?

nightdress has 2 syllables and divides as night-dress under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for nightdress?

Close synonyms include nightgown, gown, nightie, night-robe. 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 nightdress a common word?

nightdress is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.