trouser
trousers
A pair of trousers is a two-legged piece of clothing you wear on the bottom half of your body. It's easier to climb a fence while wearing trousers than a long dress.
In the U.S., most people refer to trousers as pants, while in the U.K. pants are underwear. If you cut your trousers off above your knees, they become shorts, and if they're made out of denim, you can call them jeans. In Scotland, trousers are sometimes called trews, one possible root of the word. Another source may be the Gaelic triubhas, "close-fitting shorts."
Definitions of trouser
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(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately“he had a sharp crease in his trousers”
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synonyms:
pant
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bell-bottoms, bellbottom pants, bellbottom trousers
trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s
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breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers
trousers ending above the knee
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chino
trousers made with chino cloth
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churidars
tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta)
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cords, corduroys
cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth
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flannel, gabardine, tweed, white
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
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blue jean, denim, jean
(usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
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jodhpur breeches, jodhpurs, riding breeches
flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots
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long pants, long trousers
trousers reaching to the foot
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pajama, pyjama
a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries
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pantaloon
trousers worn in former times
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pedal pusher, toreador pants
snug trousers ending at the calves; worn by women and girls
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salwar, shalwar
a pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez)
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short pants, shorts, trunks
trousers that end at or above the knee
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slacks
(usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
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stretch pants
trousers made of a stretchy fabric
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sweat pants, sweatpants
loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes
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trews
tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan
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Bermuda shorts, Jamaica shorts
short pants that end at the knee
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britches
informal term for breeches
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buckskins
breeches made of buckskin
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hot pants
skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment
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lederhosen
leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria
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Levi's, levis
a popular brand of jeans
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plus fours
men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf)
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trunk hose
puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose
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type of:
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garment
an article of clothing
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a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers“in his trouser's pocket”“he ripped his left trouser on the fence”
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type of:
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garment
an article of clothing
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garment
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