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

Recent Examples on the Web In the past almost-decade, the flag has become a near-ubiquitous symbol across town, gracing everything from beer bottles to T-shirts to local company logos. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024 The platform has mapped the equivalent of 1.4 billion T-shirts and processed more than 1.25 million metric tons of sustainable cotton fiber. Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 12 Aug. 2024 Among those watching in T-shirts on the 49ers sideline were Purdy, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Kyle Juszczyk, Charvarius Ward, Deommodore Lenoir, DeVondre Campbell, Maliek Collins and Leonard Floyd. Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024 Attendees, in colorful hats and T-shirts, swap stickers and wear colorful LED-light conference badges that this year were shaped like a cat and included a credit-card-sized computer, called a Raspberry Pi. Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for T-shirt 

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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 19 Aug. 2024.

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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