costuming

C3O1S1T1U1M3I1N1G2

noun

Material for making costumes.

UncommonScrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of costume
nouncostuming (countable and uncountable, plural costumings)

plural costumings

  1. countableuncountableMaterial for making costumes.

    In addition to men's suitings and ladies' costumings the firm also produces man-made fabrics for filtration and protective clothing.

    1973, Charles Hadfield, Alice Mary Hadfield, The Cotswolds: A New Study, page 203
  2. countableuncountableThe putting on of a costume; dressing up.

    […] but his sole real concern continues to be the posture in which his subject stands naked between his costumings.

    1996, Walter Benjamin, Marcus Paul Bullock, Michael William Jennings, Selected Writings: 1935-1938, page 9
Cite this entry
APA

costuming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/costuming

MLA

“costuming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/costuming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “costuming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/costuming.

Source: costuming on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.