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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On Wednesday, premium denim brand DL1961 bowed a collection of maternity jeans and T-shirts with Bumpsuit, a celebrity-favorite maternity and motherhood brand. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 May 2026 Look beyond the beach and style Joseph’s seriously sleek sarong with Nour Hammour’s funnel-neck suede jacket and Cos’s gray T-shirt. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 14 May 2026 Under the flaps of his jacket there was a small tear in his T-shirt, directly over his left nipple, which protruded like a knot of purple rope. Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 The fan in the T-shirt smiles as their image, and Plum’s, looms over the arena. Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 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 15 May. 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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