V neck

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noun

a neckline V-shaped in front.

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Origin of V neck

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby V neck

VM, v-mail, V.M.D., VMI, v.n., V neck, vo., VOA, vo-ag, voc., vocab.

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How to use V neck in a sentence

But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.
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His chin rested on the thick plastic collar buckled around his neck.
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I received many bruises on my collarbones, neck, chest, and shoulders.
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Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo then sought to bring the hulking Garner down by yoking him around the neck.
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One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
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For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
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U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
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As the window dropped, Ripperda saw the wounded postilion fall on the neck of his horse.
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About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.
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British Dictionary definitions for V neck

V neck

noun

a neck on a garment that comes down to a point on the throat or chest, resembling the shape of the letter "V"

Derived forms of V neck

V-neck or V-necked, adjective

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