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nightdress

noun

ˈnīt-ˌdres

Definition of nightdress

as in gown

a loose pullover garment worn in bed bought a long nightdress for the cold winter months ahead

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Recent Examples of nightdress The Rhode beauty founder posed in a tiny white nightdress while cuddling and kissing Justin in bed in photos shared on September 7. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Sep. 2026 Take Prada’s Spring-Summer 2023 show, where sheer, matronly nightdresses and housecoats were shown with heeled Mary Janes and tightly gripped clutch bags. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 July 2025 With my hair one day past acceptably unwashed and my weird nightdress. — EW.com, 29 Nov. 2023 This modest short-sleeve nightdress features wide arm and neck holes for a comfortably loose fit. — Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023 At one point her face and arms get covered in black fluid; at another her white nightdress turns to black and her escorts appear in long white outfits. — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021 Constructed in 1874, this marble monument shows her in a flowing nightdress. — Erin Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2020 Michael Fagan, the man who broke into the monarch's Buckingham Palace bedroom (as depicted in episode five) apparently recalls seeing Her Majesty in a Liberty print nightdress. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2020

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On the fall 2026 runways, romantic clothes arrived styled like everything else in your closet—a lace skirt with a cotton shirt, a gown with a combat boot, a ruffled collar over plain velvet trousers—and the shift is visible on the street too.

— Laurence Goldberg, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
She was held at Cumberland County Jail in an isolated cell, allowed only a thick, tear-resistant suicide-prevention gown and mattress, and a Styrofoam tray.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

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