Cummerbund

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  • noun. A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as with a dinner jacket.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A shawl, or large and loose sash, worn as a belt.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sash for the waist; a girdle.
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  • noun. A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
    • Word Usage
    "Fellows are discarding waistcoats and wearing what they call a cummerbund -- silk sash round the waist."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cincture  girdle  sash  waistband  waistcloth  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Tobe  afterburners  bandanna  barracuda  bornouse  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    girdle  
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