UNDERSHIRT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undershirt mean? 

• UNDERSHIRT (noun)
  The noun UNDERSHIRT has 1 sense:

1. a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

  Familiarity information: UNDERSHIRT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERSHIRT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

singlet; undershirt; vest

Hypernyms ("undershirt" is a kind of...):

undergarment; unmentionable (a garment worn under other garments)

 Context examples 

Martin and Joe, down to undershirts, bare armed, sweated and panted for air.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He had thrown off his green jerkin, and his chest was covered only by a pink silk jupon, or undershirt, cut low in the neck and sleeveless.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From shoulder to wrist of the crossed arms, the coat-sleeve, blue flannel shirt and undershirt were ripped in rags, while the arms themselves were terribly slashed and streaming blood.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Clinging to the woodwork, staggering with the roll of the ship, and aided by the cook, I managed to slip into a rough woollen undershirt.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Now you watch me, Maria," he said, stripping off to his undershirt and gripping an iron that was what he called "really hot."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)