noun
1 woman's long dress
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ floor-length
▪ elegant
▪ flowing
▪
She was dressed in a long flowing ~.
▪ strapless
▪ ball , bridal , evening , wedding
GOWN + VERB
▪ be trimmed with sth
▪
She wore a white satin ~ trimmed with lace.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
2 worn by judges, surgeons, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ academic
▪ hospital , surgical
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
PHRASES
▪ town and ~ (= the residents of a university town and the members of its university) ( esp. BrE )