Main entry: costume
Definition: the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
Usage: he won the prize for best costume
Main entry: costume
Definition: the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
Usage: he wore his national costume
Main entry: costume
Definition: 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
Main entry: costume
Definition: the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
Definition: dress in a costume
Usage: We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins
Main entry: costume
Definition: furnish with costumes; as for a film or play