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necked

[ nekt ]

adjective

  1. having a neck of a kind specified (usually used in combination):

    a square-necked blouse.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of necked1

1350–1400; Middle English. See neck, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

The long-necked Dolly was likely a close relative of Diplodocus.

Around 150 million years ago, a long-necked dinosaur in southwest Montana became very ill.

Dolly, a long-necked dinosaur, was probably closely related to Diplodocus.

With that decline came a drop in the share of long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs.

During the early Jurassic Period, some 200 million years ago, the only large herbivores in many ecosystems were long-necked dinosaurs called sauropodomorphs.

He's so white he's almost mock-white, and so are his jerky, long-necked, mechanical-man movements.

She wore a sea-green, V-necked frock with a modest hint of cleavage.

"It doesn't do to play the young man," Armani said, regarding Renzi's choice to wear open-necked shirts.

The deep-necked T-shirt is a dangerous item of clothing for a man.

Lauer, the most relaxed of the three in an open-necked blue-striped shirt, seemed to be playing the role of couples counselor.

She was dressed in a high-necked dress of black lace, and wore in her corsage a large circular ornament of diamonds and emeralds.

The landlady, clad in a low-necked black dress with long sweeping train, was typical of many we saw in the old-country hotels.

She undid it, freed her thin shoulders, and saw herself a bride in low-necked satin, walking down an aisle with Lucius Harney.

As Mr. Wilding, his back to her a moment, closed the door, Ruth slipped the paper hurriedly into the bosom of her low-necked gown.

There were covered carts looking like sun-bonnets on wheels and pulled by humped-necked oxen.

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