T
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5.8
- noun
- /tiː/
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- Get your royal engagement T-shirt!
- a T-shirt
Next let's talk about the T, The TS.
- Next let's talk about the T, The TS.
Examples
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The children were given a T-shirt and/or stickers, and the parents received a gift card for their time.
Academic text (2013) -
Friends in bands started to wear our T-shirts.
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You know, I made these T-shirts for my kids.
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- Sorry, sorry, my world consists of jeans and T shirts.
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Hey, get me one of those T-shirts, will you?
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And you get a T-shirt!
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No, this is a T-shirt.
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Angie Parks came down the circular stairs in a pink T-shirt that barely covered her hips.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mr. Rodriguez himself, in a short-sleeve T-shirt and twirling his mustache, passed by.
Fiction book (1991) -
The letter T is often used to represent the sound at the beginning of the word 'top.'
Synonyms
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9.0
A letter that is the twentieth in the English alphabet
Idioms
A phrase people say to show they have done something before and are not impressed
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
A white blood cell made in the thymus that helps the body fight infections and cancer cells
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2.7
A steak from the middle of the cow's back with a T-shaped bone and a piece of tenderloin
- Specialized
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6.9
A short-term loan to the U.S. government that you buy for less and the government repays within one year
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6.7
A tool with a long straight edge and a T-shaped top used to draw straight or parallel lines
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5.5
A white blood cell made in the thymus that fights infected or cancerous cells
- Specialized
An electronic T-shaped circuit with a link joining its two side parts used in filters and oscillators
- Specialized
A white blood cell that helps the body fight infection by guiding other immune cells
- Specialized
A white blood cell with a CD8 marker that kills infected or cancer cells
- Specialized
A white blood cell that finds and destroys virus-infected or cancerous body cells
- Specialized
A white blood cell that recognizes infected cells and helps other immune cells fight infection
- Specialized
A virus that infects people and can cause a blood cancer of white blood cells called T cells
A ski lift with a T-shaped bar that pulls skiers or snowboarders uphill as they hold it
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An electronic circuit with two parts in line and one across them forming a T shape
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A building design with parts joined in a T shape to give support and strength
Surface Forms
Etymology
T The letter T comes from an old sign called taw that meant 'mark' or 'cross'. It later became tau in Greek and T in Latin, and it still stands for the 't' sound in English.