Transcription
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- [wuhn pees]
- /wʌn pis/
- /wʌn piːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wuhn pees]
- /wʌn pis/
Definitions of one-piece word
- adjective one-piece complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit. 1
- noun one-piece Also called one-piecer. a one-piece garment. 1
- adjective one-piece A one-piece article of clothing consists of one piece only, rather than two or more separate parts. 0
- countable noun one-piece A one-piece is a type of woman's swimming costume that consists of one piece of material and which covers her chest. 0
- adjective one-piece (of a garment, esp a bathing costume) made in one piece 0
- noun one-piece a garment, esp a bathing costume, made in one piece 0
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Origin of one-piece
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for One-piece
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
one-piece popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for one-piece
noun one-piece
- bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
- bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
- beachwear — Beachwear is the things people wear for swimming.
- bikini — A bikini is a two-piece swimming costume worn by women.
- maillot — a close-fitting, one-piece bathing suit for women, simply styled and usually having a scoop neck and shoulder straps.
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