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# garment

noun (a garment, garments)

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

## Everyday

1. A garment is a piece of clothing, such as a shirt, dress, coat or pair of trousers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#m1)
2. Used in shops, factories and labels as a formal word for clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in formal writing, labels («wash this garment inside out»), shops and history. Phrases: «a garment factory», «outer garment», «garment care». It tells the reader about an item of clothing.

### Examples

- Check the label before washing the garment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#x1)
- The factory makes garments for many shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#x2)
- A cloak was a common garment long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#x3)
- Hang wet garments on the line to dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#x4)
- This garment should be dry-cleaned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#x5)
- She sewed a new garment for her doll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#x6)
- The child's short garment reached only to her knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garment/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a garment, garments. More formal than «clothes» or «piece of clothing». Labels use it a lot.

## In Jewish tradition

It can mean everyday clothing, the holy clothes of the priests, or cloth that could become unclean with a skin disease. In the prophets and Job it is also a picture, for the covering of the sea or clouds, or for the bloodstained clothes of a warrior.

**Interpretation.** The priestly garments were made "for splendour and for beauty," and tradition says each one helped atone for a certain sin; the law also forbids mixing wool and linen (shaatnez). The tradition reads the figures of garments as showing God's greatness over creation.

### Examples

- and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house; (Torah LEV.14.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garment/#x1)
- And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. (Torah GEN.39.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garment/#x2)
- And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for splendour and for beauty. (Torah EXO.28.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garment/#x3)
- Who can uncover the face of his garment? (Writings JOB.41.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garment/#x4)
- Who hath bound the waters in his garment? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garment/#x5)
- 'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with crimsoned garments from Bozrah? (Prophets ISA.63.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garment/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a garment, garments. More formal than «clothes» or «piece of clothing». Labels use it a lot.

## On Mova

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