coatdress

Thân thiện

A woman wears a stylish coatdress to a business meeting.

Definition

Noun: A woman's dress that is tailored in a style similar to a long coat, typically featuring a front opening that fastens with buttons, a collar, and sometimes a belt. It combines the structure and appearance of a coat with the form of a dress.

Usage

The word "coatdress" is used to describe a specific, classic style of women's formal or semi-formal attire. It is a compound noun.

Examples: * She wore a sophisticated coatdress to the business luncheon. * The wool coatdress was perfect for the fall weather. * Her coatdress buttoned all the way down the front.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often associated with vintage, professional, or tailored fashion from the mid-20th century.
• It describes a garment that is a single piece (a dress) but borrows design elements (lapels, button front, structured cut) from outerwear (a coat).

Variants and Related Words

• Sheath dress: A close-fitting, straight dress, often without a front opening, contrasting with the coat-like opening of a coatdress.
• Wrap dress: A dress that wraps around the body and ties at the waist, differing in closure style from a button-front coatdress.
• Shirtwaist dress or Shirtdress: A dress with a bodice styled like a shirt, including a collar and button front, which is very similar to and sometimes synonymous with a coatdress, though a shirtdress may be made of lighter fabric.

Synonyms

• Shirtdress (very close synonym, often used interchangeably)
• Button-front dress (descriptive synonym)

Antonyms

• Pullover dress (a dress without a front opening, put on over the head)
• Back-zip dress (a dress that fastens at the back, not the front)

Related Idioms or Phrases

(This specific garment term is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front