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    TAIL COAT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for menplay

    Synonyms:

    dress suit; full dress; tail coat; tailcoat; tails; white tie; white tie and tails

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("tail coat" is a kind of...):

    evening clothes; evening dress; eveningwear; formalwear (attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening)

    Meronyms (parts of "tail coat"):

    morning coat; swallow-tailed coat; swallowtail (a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back)

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