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 Keep scrolling to shop our favorite white T-shirts and straight-leg jeans, inspired by Bertinelli’s hilarious Instagram video. Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024 Throughout the festival’s outdoor campus, her name was on T-shirts and signs, not to mention Vogue-thick program books handed out at each concert. Joshua Barone, New York Times, 11 June 2024 Just upstairs is Central Square Records, a classic music and vinyl shop where enthusiasts can find new and used records, band T-shirts, and plenty of memorabilia. Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024 Morris wore the nickname like a badge of honor, selling T-shirts with the phrase to raise funds for transgender organizations, resulting in a donation of more than $100,000. Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for T-shirt 

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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 18 Jun. 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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