T-shirt

Or tee-shirt,

[tee-shurt]

noun

1. a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.

T-shirt

noun

1. a lightweight simple garment for the upper body, usually short-sleeved

Word History and Origins

Origin of T-shirt¹

First recorded in 1940–45; named from its shape

Word History and Origins

Origin of T-shirt¹

so called because of its shape

Example Sentences

"Two months ago, I saw jihadists burn two trucks. The drivers died. I was just behind them. Miraculously they let me through," Moussa, 38, in an oil-stained red polo T-shirt, said.

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Tourists flocking to Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny’s residency shows want more permanent souvenirs than T-shirts.

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I did have moments of nostalgia for Buddy’s aftershave and clean white short-sleeved cotton T-shirts with the cigarette packs tucked into the sleeves.

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Their boss, Objectways founder Ravi Shankar, says that in recent months, his firm has captured and annotated footage of robotic arms folding cardboard boxes and T-shirts and picking out certain colored objects on a table.

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At the company’s headquarters, which is located in downtown L.A.’s Arts District, employees dressed in jeans and T-shirts work on developing a new train model for mass production.

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Related Words

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• pullover 
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