skirt
/skɜːt/
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Translation
A piece of clothing for a woman or girl that hangs down from the waist.
Word origin
From Old Norse skyrta, a shirt or garment, brought into English by the Vikings.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- skyrta
Grammar
Gender
Pluralskirts
Examples
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"Skirt" is the clothing that hangs down from the waist.
sale .
"Skirts" is the plural, meaning more than one skirt.
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Here "skirt" is the piece of clothing she is wearing.
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