T-shirt

or tee-shirt, tee shirt

[ tee-shurt ]

/ ˈtiˌʃɜrt /

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Definition of T-shirt

noun

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

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Also called T, tee.

Origin of T-shirt

First recorded in 1940–45; named from its shape

Words nearby T-shirt

Tseng Kuo-fan, tsetse fly, T.Sgt., TSH, Tshiluba, T-shirt, Tshombe, Tshwane, tsi, Tsimshian, Tsinan

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How to use T-shirt in a sentence

Prices are relatively inexpensive and come in at around 135 euros for a shirt or 35 euros for hand woven boxers.
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The kids had a gift for him too, a tee shirt with ‘Baseball Spoken Here’ stenciled across the front.
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Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
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There was a handy distraction in the Che t-shirt the tourist was wearing while celebrating the death.
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If you use it wisely, it may be Ulysses' hauberk; if you reject it, the shirt of Nessus were a cooler winding-sheet!
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There'll be heaps uh fun in the Cypress Hills country when they get t' runnin' the whisky-jacks out.
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His hat was pushed back from his forehead, the collar of his blue flannel shirt was open.
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He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
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An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.
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British Dictionary definitions for T-shirt

T-shirt

tee shirt

noun

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

Word Origin for T-shirt

so called because of its shape

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