ONESIE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of onesie in English onesienoun [ C ] uk /ˈwʌn.zi/ us /ˈwʌn.zi/ Add to word list Add to word list US a piece of clothing for a baby that covers the whole body, sometimes including the arms, legs, and feet, and that fastens between the legs   angiii/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages a similar piece of clothing for adults that covers the whole body, including the arms and legs, and sometimes the feet and head. Onesies fasten at the front and are worn when relaxing.   martinedoucet/E+/GettyImages Babies' & children's clothing

• Babygro
• bib
• bootee
• diaper
• feeder
• layette
• nappy
• playsuit
• Pull-ups
• rompers
• sailor suit
• sleeper
• sleepsuit
• snowsuit

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Dresses, suits & gowns (Definition of onesie from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of onesie

onesie Game one is usually single bounce (onesies through tensies); game two is chosen by whoever graduates to game two first, and so on. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cybertronica starts with dancers dressed in fluorescent onesies, running onto the stage or, in the case of one, rapidly rising through the end of the catwalk. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2008, when casual jumpsuits became increasingly popular, the press started discrediting them as adult onesies and the name seems to have eroded to a generic word. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Zorg buys onesies for their prospective baby. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She wears a purple onesie. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of onesie?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （嬰兒穿的）連身衣, （成人穿的）連身衣… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （婴儿穿的）连身衣, （成人穿的）连身衣… See more in Spanish body, pelele, mameluco… See more in Portuguese macacão… See more Need a translator?

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