Meaning & use
babygros
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Meanings
nounpluralBritishtrademark
A one-piece stretchy garment with sleeves and legs that covers a baby's body, usually with snaps between the legs.
Grammar: Always plural in form; use a plural verb: the babygros are clean.
Patterns
- a pair of babygros
- put babygros on someone
- be in babygros
She packed three pairs of babygros for the hospital bag.
The babygros were too small, so we bought the next size up.
He changed the baby out of wet babygros into a dry set.
nounpluralBritish
Such garments as a category of baby clothing, sold in packs or sizes.
Grammar: Used like a mass plural when talking about the product in shops.
Patterns
- buy babygros
- a pack of babygros
- babygros in size newborn
The shop keeps babygros next to the blankets.
New parents often get given more babygros than they need.
Common combinations
- a pair of babygros
- I washed a pair of babygros and hung them by the window.
- put babygros on
- It takes practice to put babygros on a wriggling baby.
- cotton babygros
- Cotton babygros are cooler for summer nights.
- change out of your babygros
- She changed the baby out of his babygros after lunch.
- newborn babygros
- Newborn babygros are tiny and only fit for a few weeks.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: babygros or onesie?
babygros vs onesie
In British English a onesie is normally an all-in-one for adults or older children, while babygros are for babies.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'babygros' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Babygros' is plural in form, so it takes a plural verb: 'the babygros are'. Option 1 uses a singular verb, and option 3 wrongly adds 'a' before a plural.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “babygros”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.