shorts
/ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/ noun A2- A garment worn over the pelvic area ending above the knees, not covering the entire length of the leg, designed for warm weather or for sports. · Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts.
- Underpants. · After a scare like that, you might need to change your shorts.
- Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
- The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
- Short, inferior hemp.
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