crew neck
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- noun
- /kruː nɛk/
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- Participants selected crew neck (38 percent), collar (31 percent), and v-neck (18 percent) as their favorite neckline styles.
- prefer a crew neck
They had previously sent me their yellow crew neck sweater and shorts set.
- They had previously sent me their yellow crew neck sweater and shorts set.
- Or we will pelt you with Mets crew necks that are all XL.
- Choose your collar, crew neck V-neck or Henley.
- So this one's like a crew neck and it's very simple but very chic.
- I think that like a really simple crew neck with just like one sentence embroidered.
- Honestly, there is all I'm sporting a gorgeous white crew neck today.
- Yeah, but still got new V-neck fitted shirts for the ladies and crew neck for the guys because guys don't want V necks.
- Dude, it's almost that Slayer that goes so much farther than his fucking boyish, you know, crew neck sweater wearing charm.
Examples
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The crew-neck style was preferred by both males (41 percent) and females (36 percent), but significantly more men than women chose the collar as their favorite neckline (37 percent males, 27 percent females).
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Retired participants were more likely to prefer a crew-neck style (41 percent), whereas those who were employed were more likely to prefer a collar (39 percent).
Academic text (2005) -
So cute, such a great crew neck has the little maid in Canada tag.
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Alex is in just a thin crew neck, not even cold.
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OK, I did order another colour in the crew neck top, which is the grey.
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So this one's like a crew neck and it's very simple but very chic.
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I just love crew necks and the length is absolutely perfect.
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Of the participants aged 19 to 34 years, 52 percent preferred a crew neck, compared with 26 percent of the 65-and-older age group.
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Overall, the sun-safe shirt design most preferred can be summarized as a casual-style, solid-color, knit shirt with a crew neck or collar.
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A white crew neck T-shirt under a blazer is a comfortable option for a night on the town.
Synonyms
A rounded close fitting neckline that sits at the base of the neck, often on sweaters and T-shirts
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
crew + neck
The constituent 'neck' clearly signals a garment opening so a B1 learner would infer the phrase refers to a kind of neckline, but 'crew' does not transparently indicate the specific rounded, close-fitting shape (its origin is historical/lexical rather than compositional). Because the first element does not predict the precise form and the term is somewhat lexicalized in clothing vocabulary, the item is partially but not fully predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Crew neck may come from shirts worn by crew, or 'rowing teams', which had a plain, close-fitting neck that sat at the base of the neck. That's why today crew neck means a simple round 'neckline' that sits close to the neck.