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English
Suffix
-wear
- Used to form nouns denoting clothing
- worn by a particular sex (e.g. menswear) or age of person (e.g. kidswear)
- worn on a particular part of the body (e.g. neckwear)
- for a particular use (e.g. daywear)
- made in a particular way (e.g., knitwear) or (redundantly) of a particular kind (e.g., shoewear).
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with -ware.
Derived terms
terms derived using -wear
Anagrams