gown

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: gown

1	n v	a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions dress in a gown
2	n	the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: gown

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; ball gown
the most formal gown; worn to a ball; bridal gown, wedding dress, wedding gown
a gown worn by the bride at a wedding; dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown, formal
a gown for evening wear; mantua
loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries; tea gown
a long loose-fitting gown formerly popular for wear at afternoon tea

Type of:: dress, frock
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

Type of:: intimate apparel, lingerie
women's underwear and nightclothes; nightclothes, nightwear, sleepwear
garments designed to be worn in bed

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; academic gown, academic robe, judge's robe
a gown worn by academics or judges; vestment
gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy; alb
a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests; cassock
a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers; chasuble
a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass; Geneva gown
black academic gown widely used by Protestant clergymen; humeral veil, veil
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl; pallium
(Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back; pontifical
the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop); surplice
a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves

Type of:: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog
provide with clothes or put clothes on

“the relations between town and gown are always sensitive”

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