variants or less commonly tee shirt
: a collarless short-sleeved or sleeveless usually cotton undershirt
also : an outer shirt of similar design
T-shirted adjective

Examples of T-shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Pieces in the collection feature basics and essentials such as underwear in neutral hues, tank tops, T-shirts, hoodies, fleece crewnecks, and straight-leg pants. Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 May 2024 At a ceremony last year, Justice signed four bills promoting coal while flanked by the logo of Friends of Coal, an advocacy group whose name is on bumper stickers, T-shirts, and license plates throughout West Virginia. Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024 Read on to see Amazon’s latest assortment of versatile blouses, go-to T-shirts, and more spring-ready staples. Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024 And as time goes on those T-shirts become more worn, softer, more desirable. Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2024 Ceballos wears a tangle of walrus beads over his tie-dye Grateful Dead T-shirt. Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 Inside, groups huddled around various stations to make tote bags, buttons and T-shirts, complete with stickers of Chicago landmarks. Alysa Guffey, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024 What splits the difference between my custom suits and silk ties and my old khakis and a T-shirt? Simon Crompton, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2024 Behind the protestors, men in jeans and T-shirts crossed the meadow, toward Kirkwood Avenue. The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of T-shirt was in 1920

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Cite this Entry

“T-shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/T-shirt. Accessed 13 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

T-shirt

noun
variants also tee shirt
ˈtē-ˌshərt
1
: a cotton undershirt with short sleeves and no collar
2
: a jersey outer shirt designed like a T-shirt
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