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T-SHIRT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does T-shirt mean?
• T-SHIRT (noun)
The noun T-SHIRT has 1 sense:
1. a close-fitting pullover shirt
Familiarity information: T-SHIRT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A close-fitting pullover shirt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("T-shirt" is a kind of...):
shirt (a garment worn on the upper half of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "T-shirt"):
polo-neck; turtle; turtleneck (a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar)
Context examples
I recently saw a funny T-shirt on a tiny child, age 3: “Mommy is Tired. Call Grandma!”
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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