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 Powell's Tyler Owens and his team show up pompous, selling T-shirts with his face on them and bragging about their million subscribers on YouTube. Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 20 July 2024 The winner of each round will get the dessert for free, a T-shirt and a postcard. Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 20 July 2024 Walmart’s under-the-radar Hanes storefront is a hidden gem of affordable wireless bras, bralettes, T-shirts, and tank tops to help bulk up your basics lineup, and so many styles are on sale. Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024 Their mom designed T-shirts for the family to wear at the Olympic trials. Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 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 26 Jul. 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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