"plus size" meaning in English

See plus size in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-plus size.wav Forms: plus sizes [plural], plus-size [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plus size (plural plus sizes)
  1. A size of clothing designed specifically for overweight people. Derived forms: plus-sized [adjective] Coordinate_terms: big and tall
    Sense id: en-plus_size-en-noun-sohksP2d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Clothing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Clothing: 97 3
  2. An overweight person.
    Sense id: en-plus_size-en-noun-3WnJ4d~6 Categories (other): Obesity Disambiguation of Obesity: 36 64

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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