dress shirt

noun

: a shirt especially for wear with evening attire

broadly : a shirt with buttons, cuffs, and a collar that is suitable for wear with a necktie

Examples of dress shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One woman, in particular, juxtaposed the avant-garde element with an auburn and black gingham blazer layered over a striped dress shirt — a style approach for the office siren by day and rave addict by night. —Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 14 May 2026

In a joint interview on ABC News (the only sit-down D’Amaro has done thus far), the incoming and outgoing chief executives complemented each other, and not only in their matching dark suits and tieless dress shirts. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 May 2026

The retired pitcher, wearing a dark suit and a white dress shirt with no tie, denied any role in the boys’ deaths. —Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026

The post included a photo of Jones standing in front of a sheriff's vehicle wearing a black suit and white dress shirt. —Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dress shirt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt