wedding gown

noun

A wedding dress.

Similar
bridal gownwedding dress

Meanings

nounwedding gown (plural wedding gowns)

plural wedding gowns

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna gown worn by the bride at a wedding

Similar
bridal gownwedding dress
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishweddynggown
  2. Middle Englishweddynggown
  3. Englishwedding gown

Inherited from Middle English weddynggown.

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APA

wedding gown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wedding%20gown

MLA

“wedding gown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wedding%20gown. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wedding gown,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wedding%20gown.

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