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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Al Bello / Getty Images All fans in attendance will also receive a free red 2026 Hawks playoff T-shirt while supplies last. Jamal Goss, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 Last year, 10,000 T-shirts were printed. Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 The medical workers sat in a suite and wore T-shirts that Vesia had signed, each bearing the initials ‘SV’ with a heart that Kayla had made for each staff member. Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 Like a white T-shirt or a pair of black pants, these maxis go with everything. Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 22 Apr. 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 25 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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