Used in a Sentence

overalls

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for overalls.

Editorial note

He keeps boots and overalls in his truck, and spends most of his time away from his desk.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(UK) A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of overalls gathered in one view.

noun

(UK) A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

noun

(UK, military) Trousers traditionally worn by cavalry.

noun

(US, Canada, Australia) Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for overalls.

noun

(UK) A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

noun

(UK, military) Trousers traditionally worn by cavalry.

noun

(US, Canada, Australia) Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.

Example sentences

1

He keeps boots and overalls in his truck, and spends most of his time away from his desk.

2

Worse if they go the self-driving car route as that going to require huge overalls to legislation worldwide.

3

There is a big legacy baggage to carry, and in the overalls the feature adoption is generally slow.

4

Also, if you like wearing a hat and overalls, cultivating a mustache, and your name is Mario or Luigi.

5

Find photographs of factory workers in blue overalls and ask if that's the image he's going for.

6

It's a very low-capital and safe way to solve transportation issues and requires no major infrastructure overalls.

7

If you recolored the art, so that Mario had purple overalls and a yellow shirt, is that sufficiently different?

8

This is a truly Edison-type opportunity, one that comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.

9

How about you put down that tutu, and put on these mechanic overalls instead?

10

It's that if Apple's service increases the overalls profit for the artists it's reasonable that they should share in the costs of marketing.

11

You'd have been better off buying that pair of overalls in 1945.

12

The job uniform might be overalls or one chosen by a profession (eg nurses) or a particular company (a shop or restaurant or factory, an airline, etc).

Quote examples

1

They dressed up in white "painters" overalls, carried some tools and no one asked anything.

2

Highlights: "The Reason Mario Wears Overalls" (character design by pixel): "Before you know it, you've used up 8 X 8 pixels.

3

"opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work".

4

It is now applies to a stout twilled cloth made in various colours, usually of cotton, and used for overalls, &c." The entry for "Gimli" is "In Scandinavian mythology, the great hall of heaven whither the righteous will go to spend eternity." It's not hard to find more examples.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use overalls in a sentence?

He keeps boots and overalls in his truck, and spends most of his time away from his desk.

What does overalls mean?

(UK) A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

What part of speech is overalls?

overalls is commonly used as noun.