What does "delicates" mean?

Garments or cloth items that are delicate and need gentle handling when being laundered, especially underwear or lingerie

What is a synonym for "delicates"?

Common synonyms include: fragile, abstruse, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, adept.

noun

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Noun

1
Garments or cloth items that are delicate and need gentle handling when being laundered, especially underwear or lingerie plural, plural-only
2
plural of delicate form-of, plural