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

The company started with just a few styles of dress shirts designed for guys searching for a more-athletic fit. —Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025

While her coat was single-breasted, styled with a long black dress, pointed pumps, a sleek Gucci bag, and some striking diamond jewels, Rocky went for a belted double-breasted coat, shrugged over a classic white dress shirt, gray dress pants, and black dress shoes. —Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2025

Over her white mermaid-style skirt, Watts wore an oversized white dress shirt with a black tie, and finished with T-strap cream-and-black pumps. —Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2025

Aniston appeared on the cover in a crisp white Ralph Lauren dress shirt, which was unbuttoned to her midriff, along with light blue jeans. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025

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