Hosiery Synonyms

hōzhə-rē
Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tights
  2. stockings
  3. nylons
  4. full-fashioned hose
  5. seamless hose
  6. trunk hose
  7. half hose
  8. socks
  9. anklets
  10. pantyhose
  11. leotards
  12. hose
  13. knee stocks
  14. ankle socks
  15. bobby-socks
  16. bobby sox
  17. body-stocking

Words Related to Hosiery

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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  3. knitwear
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Hosiery Sentence Examples

  • The spinning and weaving of cotton and the manufacture of hosiery, of both of which Troyes is the centre, are the main industries of the department; there are also a large number of distilleries, tanneries, oil works, tile and brick works, flour-mills, saw-mills and dyeworks.

  • The town has manufactures of tobacco, cloth and hosiery.

  • Large hosiery works employ many of the inhabitants,, and collieries are worked in the parish.

  • Formerly there had been in the town of Midhurst a small manufacture of hosiery with which the Cobdens were connected, though all trace of it had disappeared before the birth of Richard.

  • Among manufactures are foundry and machine-shop products, powder, stoves, furniture, hosiery, &c. The borough owns the water-works.

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