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neck opening

neck opening

3.2
A hole in clothing like a shirt or dress where the neck goes
  • noun
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  • Following the pattern and needle's suggestion resulted in a *really* wide neck opening.

Examples

  • Months passed as she pushed her head through the neck opening.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Many small children find it uncomfortable to fit their heads through the narrow neck opening of a sweater.

  • The dress features a delicate lace trim around the neck opening that adds an elegant touch to the design.

  • She adjusted the fabric to ensure that the neck opening of her shirt was neither too loose nor too tight.

Synonyms

neck
vsneck opening
81 1.0

The opening of a garment that sits around the base of the throat

focuses on the opening that lets the head pass through not the whole surrounding part
neckline
vsneck opening
20 2.9

The edge or shape of a piece of clothing around the neck

is about the opening rather than its edge as a style feature

How Open

V-neck
8 2.6
neck opening
3.2
crew neck
1 2.1
turtleneck
40 2.9

Surface Forms

neck opening singular
neck openings plural

Morphology

neck + opening

The meaning 'an opening in a garment for the neck' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'neck' and 'opening' — a simple noun+noun composition where 'opening' denotes a gap associated with the neck. This is a common, compositional pattern with clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Neck opening is a literal name: it means the opening in a piece of clothing where the neck goes through. So it refers to the hole or part of a shirt or dress that fits around the neck.