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# bikini

noun (a bikini, bikinis)

«bikini» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A two-piece swimsuit for women and girls, with a top and bottoms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#m1)
2. Bikini Atoll, a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean where the USA tested nuclear bombs; the swimsuit was named after it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#m2)

### In the lessons

Everyday beach and swimming-pool word. In history lessons, Bikini Atoll is linked to nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s. Phrase: bikini top, bikini bottoms.

### Examples

- She wore a stripy bikini at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#x1)
- My sister packed two bikinis for the holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#x2)
- I lost my bikini bottoms in the waves! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#x3)
- Some people prefer a one-piece swimsuit to a bikini. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#x4)
- Bikini Atoll is in the Marshall Islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#x5)
- Don't forget sun cream if you wear a bikini. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/#x6)

### Note

Countable: bikinis. «Bikini bottoms» is plural, like trousers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bikini» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bikini/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bikini» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bikini.html) on Mova free.