dress shirt

noun

: a shirt especially for wear with evening attire

broadly : a shirt with buttons, cuffs, and a collar that is suitable for wear with a necktie

Examples of dress shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Earlier this year, CP Brands Group and Icon Luxury Group, owners of the Thomas Pink brand, brought Bespoke on board as the brand’s master licensee to move the business beyond its core dress shirt and tie offering into a full lifestyle collection. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

The white cotton dress shirt, meanwhile, is made in England—a Turnbull & Asser hallmark—with a uniquely pleated front bib. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026

Chalamet sat next to her, wearing a classic black suit with a black bow tie, a white dress shirt, and black sunglasses. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026

The members of the second clan, meanwhile, can’t be relied on to dance or to wear clothes well—just look at the images of Wilson on the beach at Truro, holding forth in a dress shirt. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dress shirt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt