Usually means: Clothing passed on to others.
Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics
We found 18 dictionaries that define the word hand-me-down:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. hand-me-down: Merriam-Webster
  2. hand-me-down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hand-me-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hand-me-down, hand-me-down: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hand-me-down: Vocabulary.com
  6. hand-me-down: Wordnik
  7. hand-me-down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hand-me-down: Wiktionary
  9. hand-me-down: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hand-me-down: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hand-me-down: Dictionary.com
  12. hand-me-down: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. hand-me-down: Rhymezone
  14. hand-me-down: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hand-me-down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hand-me-down: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See hand-me-downs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hand-me-down)

noun:  An item that is passed along for someone else to use.
noun:  (especially) A piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by an older sibling and passed down to a younger one.
adjective:  Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior user.
verb:  (rare) To pass along to someone else.

Similar:




Words similar to hand-me-down

Usage examples for hand-me-down

Idioms related to hand-me-down

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing hand-me-down

Popular nouns described by hand-me-down

Words that often appear near hand-me-down

Rhymes of hand-me-down

Invented words related to hand-me-down

Similar:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy