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tee

21 1.0

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

noun
/tiː/

Informal

: camiseta

I feel like it's a cute little oversized tee moment.
a tee shirt

Obviously our girl dad hat, our girl dad tee and our girl Dade crew neck.

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Examples

And I just have a plain white tee and throw on a scarf.
I was into wearing just a tee shirt and cutoffs myself, same as I-Man.

Fiction book (1995)
And I decided to still keep it all black, but go with this All Saints tee instead.
My mom and dad spoke to Jesus, but all I got was this lousy tee shirt.

Fiction book (1996)
Remind me to put you down for a free tee shirt. "I'd rather have a dinner."

Fiction book (2001)
But he walks into the room and we're both wearing the exact same thing, like jeans, chucks and a black tee, right?
Loraine hangs up her jacket, takes off her shirt, then puts on a tee shirt.

Fiction book (1992)
I just want to build a closet of neutral tees and sweaters: white, cream, and navy.

Blog text (27)
She's a rocker, wearing a Who tee-shirt, a mood ring, and just a little too much make-up.

Fiction book (1999)
He loves to wear a soft cotton tee on warm summer days.

Synonyms

T-shirt

vstee

400 1.0

A shirt with no collar and short sleeves usually made of cotton and worn casually

is the same casual short-sleeved garment but written as two separate words

tee shirt

vstee

7 1.0

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

is a looser general short-sleeved style often noted for round neckline

Compounds

tee shirt

7 1.0

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

golf tee

1 2.2

A short peg in the ground that holds a golf ball for the first shot on each hole

football tee

2.3

A small stand that holds a football upright for a kick

tee hinge

Specialized

8.5

A metal T shaped plate that joins a door or gate to its frame and lets it open

wind tee

Specialized

7.7

A T-shaped post at an airfield that shows wind direction to pilots

How Casual

undershirt

13 1.0

tank top

28 1.3

tee

Informal

21 1.0

polo shirt

9 1.4

dress shirt

9 2.7

Surface Forms

tee singular

tees plural

Morphology

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

Clipped form of 'T-shirt' formed by pronouncing the letter name; this shortening is common and easily recoverable by learners.

Etymology

Tee for a T-shirt is short for T-shirt, a name that comes from the way the shirt looks like the letter T when you spread it out. So calling it a tee is an easy short name for a simple short-sleeved shirt.