clothing
n. uncountablen. the things you wear to cover your body, like shirts, pants, or coats.
n. items worn to cover the body, typically made of fabric or leather.
You should wear warm clothing in the winter.
The charity collects gently used clothing to distribute to families in need during the colder months.
Protective clothing is mandatory for all personnel entering the laboratory to ensure safety against chemical splashes and biological contaminants.
From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.
Uncountable; refers to clothes as a collective group. It does not have a plural form and cannot be used with 'a' or 'an'.
I bought many clothingsI bought many clothesClothing is uncountable and does not take a plural 's'. Use 'clothes' or 'items of clothing' for plural contexts.