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How to pronounce robe in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gown
Type of outerwear, overclothes
Has types vestment, academic robe, judge's robe, academic gown
Type Words
Synonyms cloak, clothe, drape
Type of spread over, cover
Type Words
Synonyms vest
Type of apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog
Verb group vest
Type Words
Type of garment
Has types abaya, robe-de-chambre, kimono, dressing gown, lounging robe, bathrobe

Examples of robe

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Phil Journey, 52, filed to trade in his Senate seat for a judge's robe Thursday.
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Inasmuch as I was still in my robe she endeavored to secure help for me swiftly.
From the ocregister.com
Female judges will sometimes add to the robe a plain white collar or lace jabot.
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She was standing at the door to our bedroom, half wrapped in a terry-cloth robe.
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An e-sourced Uzbek robe is used as upholstery in preference to expensive fabric.
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Men can slip on a robe and slippers, sit beside a fireplace and read a magazine.
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One day at the street market Fuke was begging all and sundry to give him a robe.
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The Web site featured four photos of Young in judicial robe with his eyes closed.
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Tony Stewart dons a boxing robe given to him after his win in Texas last weekend.
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More examples
  • Any loose flowing garment
  • Vest: clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
  • Clothe: cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
  • Gown: outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
  • A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. A robe is distinguished from a cape or cloak by the fact that it usually has sleeves. ...
  • Robe is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Robe River, 80 kilometers of which flows through the woreda. ...
  • The Robe is a 1942 historical novel about the Crucifixion written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The book was one of the best-selling titles of the 1940s.
  • The Robe is the third studio album released by the hard rock band Ten.
  • The Robe is a 1953 American Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and is notable for being the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope.