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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments [syn: underwear, underclothes, underclothing]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1870 clothing or an article of clothing worn next to the skin and under other clothing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. underclothes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Underwear Un"der*wear`, n. That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Underwear is clothing such as vests and pants which you wear next to your skin under your other clothes. ...a couple who went for a late-night swim in their underwear. ...a change of underwear.