variants or less commonly
: 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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Pair light-blue barrel jeans with these shoes, a basic white T-shirt, and a structured long coat for a look proves that clothes with trendy silhouettes can feel timeless too. René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2026 Police said she was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers with a black stripe. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026 Huang, the company’s co-founder in 1993, spoke of $1 trillion in AI demand in the conference keynote speech and while wearing his omnipresent jeans, T-shirt and black leather jacket. James Raia, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026 Hence, the T-shirt with the likeness of a star payer. Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for T-shirt

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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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 1 Apr. 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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