Word Study
bikini
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bikini has 2 senses
- bikini(n = noun.location) Array - an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons; Array is a part of marshall islands
- bikini(n = noun.artifact) two-piece - a woman's very brief bathing suit; Array is a kind of bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit, swimwear
is a kind of atoll
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bikini, n. a two-piece swimsuit for women.
Idiom
bikini briefs women's scanty briefs.
Etymology
Bikini, an atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific where an atomic bomb was exploded in 1946, from the supposed 'explosive' effect
For further exploring for "bikini" in Webster Dictionary Online