- a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- dress or garb characteristic of another period, place, person, etc., as worn on the stage or at balls.
- fashion of dress appropriate to a particular occasion or season: dancing costume; winter costume.
- a set of garments, especially women's garments, selected for wear at a single time; outfit; ensemble.
- to dress; furnish with a costume; provide appropriate dress for: to costume a play.
- of or characterized by the wearing of costumes: a costume party.
- meant for use with or appropriate to a specific costume: costume accessories.
- a complete style of dressing, including all the clothes, accessories, etc, worn at one time, as in a particular country or period; dress
- a woman's suit
- a set of clothes, esp unusual or period clothes, worn in a play by an actor or at a fancy dress ball
- short for swimming costume
- to furnish the costumes for (a show, film, etc)
- to dress (someone) in a costume
