bell-bottoms

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bell-bot·toms

(bĕl′bŏt′əmz)
pl.n.
Pants with legs that flare out at the bottom.
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bell-bottoms

or

bell-bottomed trousers

pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) trousers that flare from the knee and have wide bottoms
ˈbell-ˌbottomed adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bell-bottoms - trousers with legs that flarebell-bottoms - trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s
trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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Translations

bell-bottoms

[ˈbeˈbɔtəmz] NPLpantalones mpl de campana
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bell-bottoms

[ˈbelˌbɒtəmz] nplpantaloni mpl a zampa d'elefante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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