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single-breasted suit

single-breasted suit

4.0
A jacket that closes with one row of buttons and has no front overlap
  • noun
translation icon : traje de un solo botón
  • Many professionals favor a single-breasted suit for its sleek and modern look.
  • a single-breasted suit button

Examples

  • The single-breasted suit is a classic choice for formal events and business meetings.

  • Caroline wears a pale blue suit, and Dwight looks good in a navy single-breasted suit.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Karp himself was not interested in clothes and always wore the same outfit: a dark, pin-striped, single-breasted suit of appropriate weight for the season, a white shirt, a tie with some infinitesimal dark pattern, and highly shined black shoes.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He decided to wear a tailored, navy single-breasted suit to the wedding.

Synonyms

suit
vssingle-breasted suit
∞ 1.0

A matching jacket and trousers worn for business or formal occasions

describes a jacket that fastens with one row of buttons and no front overlap

How Many Rows

single-breasted suit
4.0

Surface Forms

single-breasted suit singular
single-breasted suits plural

Morphology

single-breasted + suit

The term is compositionally transparent: 'single' means one and 'breasted' refers to the front/chest area of a jacket, so 'single-breasted' describes a jacket with a single row of buttons; combined with 'suit' this yields a suit whose jacket fastens with one row. This is standard clothing terminology (contrast with 'double-breasted') and is readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

The term single-breasted suit comes from the jacket's front: single means one and breasted refers to the chest area, so the jacket closes with one row of buttons across the chest. So, it means a suit whose front does not 'overlap' and fastens with a single row of buttons, unlike a double-breasted jacket.