Home › Words › H › housedresshousedress/ˈhaʊsˌdɹɛs/housedress means A simple dress suitable for housework.housedress is pronounced /ˈhaʊsˌdɹɛs/.EtymologyFrom house + dress.nounA simple dress suitable for houseworke.g.“Betty Schlafer, head honcho of the Airport Cafe, is wearing a housedress with a purple floral design; a brooch filled with colored stones is pinned to her collar.” — 1988 October 7, Judy Robb, “Restaurant Tours: a diner to fly for”, in Chicago Reader:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).