noun
- The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball.
- usage: "he won the prize for best costume"
- Unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place.
- usage: "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"
- The prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments. )
- The attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class.
- usage: "he wore his national costume"
verb
- Dress in a costume.
- usage: "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
- synonyms: dress up
- Furnish with costumes; as for a film or play. .
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