OVERALL

Overall

An overall, over all, bib-and-brace overalls, or dungarees, is a type of garment which is usually used as protective clothing when working. Some people call an overall a "pair of overalls" by analogy with "pair of trousers".

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overall

Noun

  1. A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
  2. A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

Adjective

  1. All-encompassing, all around.

Adverb

  1. Generally; with everything considered.


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