variants or less commonly
: 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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Pendants from Philadelphia schools frame the windows; T-shirts and jerseys hang from the rafters. Ali Watkins, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025 As of Saturday, Yeezy is selling three T-shirts bearing the Sean John logo through its online store in red, white and blue. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025 Esmail also offered cashmere sweaters, T-shirts made from wool and a modern version of a suit created from Scabal cashmere. Layla Ilchi, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025 These were surfer T-shirts from Ocean Pacific and other brands that suburbanites who survived the 1980s might remember: Generra, Aéropostale, Unionbay. Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025 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 11 Feb. 2025.

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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