underwear
Meaning
Underwear is the clothing worn under other clothes, usually next to the skin.
💡 A common mistake is to confuse "underwear" with "under cloths," which is incorrect.
Example Sentences
Word in Context
On
Saturday
morning
,
Maria
packed
her
bag
for
a
short
trip
and
checked
the
weather
.
She
folded
a
few
shirts
,
a
pair
of
trousers
,
and
some
underwear
,
and
put
them
in
the
suitcase
.
Before
she
left
,
she
noticed
the
suitcase
was
heavier
than
she
expected
,
so
she
removed
a
jacket
.
She
thought
she
should
wash
one
shirt
if
it
got
dirty
,
and
she
took
a
small
soap
just
in
case
.
Then
she
closed
the
suitcase
and
locked
it
,
ready
to
go
to
the
train
station
.
Common Phrases
wear underwear
take off underwear
clean underwear
Synonyms
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