A sweater is a warm knitted piece of clothing which covers the upper part of your body and your arms.
sweater in British English
(ˈswɛtə)
noun
1.
a.
a garment made of knitted or crocheted material covering the upper part of the body, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
b.
(as modifier)
a sweater dress
2.
a person or thing that sweats
3.
an employer who overworks and underpays his or her employees
sweater in American English
(ˈswɛtər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that sweats, esp. to excess
2.
a knitted or crocheted outer garment for the upper part of the body, with or without sleeves, styled as either a pullover or a jacket
Examples of 'sweater' in a sentence
sweater
She was wearing jeans and the cashmere sweater I gave her last Christmas.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
The upper part of her body was clad in a white woollen sweater decorated with blue diamond symbols.
Forbes, Colin COVER STORY (2002)
She wore jeans and a thick rollneck sweater and her cheeks were still pink from the cold.
Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002)
She'd used Rae's sweater to figure out where Yana'd taken Rae.
Melinda Metz PAYBACK (2002)
Word lists with
sweater
articles of clothing, articles of clothing
In other languages
sweater
British English: sweater /ˈswɛtə/ NOUN
A sweater is a warm piece of clothing which covers the upper part of your body and your arms.
American English: sweater
Arabic: بُلُوفَر
Brazilian Portuguese: suéter
Chinese: 毛衣
Croatian: džemper
Czech: svetr
Danish: sweater
Dutch: sweater
European Spanish: suéter
Finnish: villapaita
French: pull
German: Pullover
Greek: πουλόβερ
Italian: maglione
Japanese: セーター
Korean: 스웨터
Norwegian: strikkegenser
Polish: sweter
European Portuguese: camisola
Romanian: pulover
Russian: свитер
Latin American Spanish: suéter
Swedish: tröja
Thai: เสื้อที่ถักด้วยขนสัตว์
Turkish: kazak
Ukrainian: светр
Vietnamese: áo len
All related terms of 'sweater'
sweater dress
a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
sweater girl
a young woman or girl with large breasts who wears tight sweaters
sweater vest
a sleeveless pullover
Indian sweater
a heavy sweater of grey , unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured : knitted originally by the Cowichan people of British Columbia
siwash sweater
a heavy sweater of grey , unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured : knitted originally by the Cowichan people of British Columbia
Cowichan sweater
a heavy sweater of grey , unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured: knitted originally by the Cowichan people of British Columbia
crew-neck sweater
a sweater with a crew neck
skinny-rib sweater
a tight-fitting ribbed woollen jumper or pullover
Cowichan Indian sweater
a heavy sweater of grey , unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured : knitted originally by the Cowichan people of British Columbia
cardigan
A cardigan is a knitted woollen sweater that you can fasten at the front with buttons or a zip .