bathrobe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a loose robe, often made of absorbent cloth, worn before or after bathing or while relaxing at home

   He put on a thick bathrobe before leaving the warm bathroom.

A compound of bath + robe. Robe came through Old French from a Germanic word for clothing or spoils. The compound arose for the loose garment worn around bathing and overlaps with dressing gown, though bathrobe often suggests a more absorbent fabric.

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