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

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Throw the piece over your favorite T-shirt, or drape it over your shoulders for a luxe look this season. Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 June 2026 Arid Blayne Lasso pants are $125, the long-sleeve Henley is $115, the T-shirt is $108, the short and the crop top are $88, and the tank is $98. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 How that T-shirt and billions of other licensed products land on the shelf is actually a lot more complicated than that. David Born, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 The wireless T-shirt bra looks invisible under clothes, while providing comfy support all day. Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for T-shirt

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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“T-shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/T-shirt. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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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