ascot
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- noun
- /ˈæskɒt/
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ascot
- Oliver ordered a black cutaway coat with striped trousers, a gray waistcoat, a wing-collared white shirt, and a striped ascot.
- wear an ascot
- paisley ascot
- silk ascot
Maybe like an Ascot and some Paisley.
- Maybe like an Ascot and some Paisley.
Examples
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At the gala, he paired his suit with a striking ascot that drew everyone's attention.
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Harry was wearing an ascot tie, and it had come apart.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her husband wore a yellow ascot.
Fiction book (1997) -
The actor was dressed in a morning coat and ascot.
Academic text (2002) -
Tonight he wore a white dinner jacket and a black silk ascot.
Fiction book (1995) -
An ascot is wider and gets tied around the neck itself and tucked into the shirt.
Blog text (11) -
An ascot folded softly at his neck.
Fiction book (2002) -
He's wearing an ascot.
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You're wearing an ascot.
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The gentleman adjusted his ascot before stepping out into the formal event.
Synonyms
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A long narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck and knotted at the front
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A long narrow piece of cloth you wear under a shirt collar and tie at the front
A decorative piece of cloth tied around the neck, often white and worn at formal events
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ascot comes from the place Ascot, the famous horse-racing course in England where people wore a special wide neck 'tie' as part of smart, formal clothes. So an ascot is that wide neck 'tie', often fastened with a decorative 'pin', and the name helps you remember its link to elegant dress at the races.