1
: a rough woolen fabric made usually in twill weaves and used especially for suits and coats
2
tweeds plural
: tweed clothing
specifically
: a tweed suit
Examples of tweed in a Sentence
a skirt made of tweed
The elderly professor was always seen in his tweeds.
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Only Ralph could make tweed, velvet, fur pelts and suiting sexy and recognizable and stylishly sumptuous.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Now surrounded by trendy cafés selling matcha lattes, his boutique is filled to the brim with hunting jackets, tuxedos, dress shoes and tweed caps.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
Nothing says old money quite like a matching tweed skirt suit.
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The effortlessly cool style was embraced by everyone's favorite American in Paris, Emily Cooper, in a variety of tweeds.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Now surrounded by trendy cafés selling matcha lattes, his boutique is filled to the brim with hunting jackets, tuxedos, dress shoes and tweed caps.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
Nothing says old money quite like a matching tweed skirt suit.
—Collette Grimes, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
The effortlessly cool style was embraced by everyone's favorite American in Paris, Emily Cooper, in a variety of tweeds.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tweed
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“Tweed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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tweed
noun1
: a rough woolen cloth
2
plural
: tweed clothing (as a suit)
Geographical Definition
Tweed
geographical name
river 97 miles (156 kilometers) long in southeastern Scotland and northeastern England flowing east into the North Sea
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