Corsage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corsage \Cor"sage\ (k[^o]r"s[asl]j), n. [F. See {Corset}.]
     1. The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.
  
     2. (k[^o]r*s[aum]zh") a flower or small arrangement of
        flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically
        worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an


        anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to
        the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or
        more elaborate than a {boutonniere}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corsage
       n : an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
           [syn: {bouquet}, {posy}, {nosegay}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "corsage":
     blouse, bodice, boughpot, bouquet, boutonniere, buttonhole,
     chaplet, dickey, festoon, flower arrangement, garland, lei, linen,
     nosegay, posy, shift, shirt, spray, waist, wreath