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T-shirt

T-shirt

400 1.0
A shirt with no collar and short sleeves usually made of cotton and worn casually
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːˌʃɜrt/
translation icon : camiseta
  • And then I got a T-shirt which has got this print on it.
  • wear a T-shirt
  • T-shirts and jeans
  • a white T-shirt

I wore a a black T-shirt to resemble your soul.

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Examples

  • I'm wearing this T-shirt, which was from MKI.

  • I bought a new T-shirt with a fun graphic design on it.

  • I also bought this T-shirt, which says kiss me.

  • I saw it on a T-shirt once.

    Bloodletting (1997)

  • A bunch of people are wearing like T-shirts and jeans.

  • How long you been wearing that T-shirt without laundering it?

  • A boy in his early teens, in tight jeans and a white T-shirt, answered the door.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Another child, wearing only a blue and red striped T-shirt, hung onto his mother's skirt.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • And it's just a kind of cropped grey T-shirt with quite wide sleeves.

  • We also bought these matching T-shirts at Zadig and Volker.

Synonyms

tee
vsT-shirt
  • Informal
21 1.0

A short-sleeved cotton shirt with no collar worn for casual use

is the same garment but highlights close fit rather than neckline
tee shirt
vsT-shirt
7 1.0

A casual shirt with short sleeves that fits close to the body

is the same item but written in a different form
sport shirt
vsT-shirt
1 1.3

A casual short-sleeved top worn for comfort on informal occasions

is narrower stressing collarless close fit rather than general comfort

How Casual

tank top
  • US
28 1.3
T-shirt
400 1.0
polo shirt
9 1.4
dress shirt
9 2.7

Surface Forms

T-shirt singular
T-shirts plural
T shirts plural
T shirt singular

Morphology

T-shirt = T + shirt (transparent) = T + shirt

The meaning is directly derived from 'T' + 'shirt' (a shirt resembling the letter T), which a typical learner will recognise.

Etymology

T-shirt gets its name from the letter T and the word shirt because the shirt looks like a 'T' when it is laid flat. So a T-shirt is a simple, short-sleeved shirt with no collar, which is why the name fits.