undershorts

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ shorts, by analogy with underpants, etc.

Noun

undershorts pl (plural only)

Underpants, type of underwear worn in skin contact with the hip portion of the body, small enough to be worn invisibly under shorts.
I have one clean pair of undershorts.

I have to buy more undershorts.

Translations

underpants

Dutch: onderbroek (nl)

German: Unterhose (de)

See also

briefs

References

undershorts at OneLook Dictionary Search

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