frock

/frɔk/

Thân thiện

A woman wears a blue frock to a garden party.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A woman's dress: A one-piece garment for a woman, typically consisting of a skirt and a bodice.
   • A clerical garment: A long, loose habit or gown worn by monks, friars, or other clerics.

2. Verb:

   • To dress in a frock: To put a frock on someone or oneself.

Examples

• Noun:

  • She wore a beautiful silk frock to the garden party.
  • The monk's simple woolen frock was tied with a rope belt.

• Verb:

  • The mother frocked her young daughter for the family portrait.

Advanced Usage

• "To defrock" (verb): To formally remove a cleric from their position and privileges, often as a punishment. This is a related but distinct term.

  • The bishop was defrocked for misconduct.

• "Frock coat" (noun): A man's formal, knee-length coat, double-breasted and fitted at the waist, worn in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This is a related compound term.

  • He looked very distinguished in his Victorian frock coat.

Variants and Related Words

• Frocking (noun/gerund): The action of putting on a frock.
• Frocked (adjective): Describing someone who is wearing a frock.
  • The frocked cleric led the procession.

Synonyms

• Noun (dress): Gown, dress, garment.
• Noun (clerical habit): Habit, robe, cassock, vestment.

Related Phrases

• "To wear the frock": An idiom meaning to be a member of the clergy; to be in holy orders.
  • He decided to wear the frock and dedicate his life to the church.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
2. a habit worn by clerics

Verb

1. put a frock on

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dress