suspender

sus·pend·er  (s-spndr)

n.

1. One, such as a hook, that suspends something else.

2. An often elastic strap worn over the shoulders to support trousers. Often used in the plural.

3. Chiefly British A garter.

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suspender [səˈspɛndə]

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) (often plural) Brit

a.  an elastic strap attached to a belt or corset having a fastener at the end, for holding up women's stockings

b.  a similar fastener attached to a garter worn by men in order to support socks US and Canadian equivalent garter

2. (Clothing & Fashion) (plural) the US and Canadian name for braces

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a person or thing that suspends, such as one of the vertical cables that carries the deck in a suspension bridge

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

suspender - elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) gallus, brace man's clothing - clothing that is designed for men to wear shoulder strap, strap - a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

suspender [səsˈpendəʳ]

A. N (for stocking, sock) → liga f
suspenders (US) (= braces) → tirantes mpl, tiradores mpl (S. Cone)

B. CPD suspender belt N → portaligas m inv, liguero m

suspender [səˈspɛndə^r]

n (British) (for stocking) → jarretelle f

suspenders npl (US) (= braces) → bretelles fpl
suspender belt n (British) → porte-jarretelles m inv

suspender

n usu pl

(Brit, for stockings) → Strumpfhalter m, → Straps m; (for socks) → Sockenhalter m; suspender belt → Strumpf(halter)gürtel m

(US) suspenders pl → Hosenträger pl

suspender [səˈspɛndəʳ] n (for stocking) → giarrettiera (di reggicalze)
see also suspenders