turtleneck sweater

  • 11turtleneck — noun a sweater or jersey with a high close fitting collar • Syn: ↑turtle, ↑polo neck • Hypernyms: ↑sweater, ↑jumper, ↑jersey, ↑T shirt, ↑tee shirt • …

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  • 12sweater — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bulky (AmE), chunky (esp. BrE), heavy, thick ▪ light, thin ▪ baggy, oversized (esp. AmE) …

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  • 13turtleneck — noun Date: 1897 1. a high close fitting turnover collar used especially for sweaters 2. a garment (as a sweater) with a turtleneck • turtlenecked adjective …

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  • 14turtleneck — noun Turtleneck is used before these nouns: ↑jumper, ↑sweater …

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  • 15turtleneck — n. high close fitting collar that can be turned down; sweater with a turtleneck collar …

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  • 16turtleneck — /terr tl nek /, n. 1. a high, close fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing esp. on pullover sweaters. 2. a sweater with such a collar. [1905 10; TURTLE1 + NECK] * * * …

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  • 17turtleneck — tur|tle|neck [ˈtə:tlnek US ˈtə:r ] n a type of ↑sweater with a high, close fitting collar that covers most of your neck →↑polo neck, v neck ↑v neck …

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  • 18turtleneck — tur•tle•neck [[t]ˈtɜr tlˌnɛk[/t]] n. 1) clo a high, close fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing esp. on pullover sweaters 2) clo a garment with such a neck, esp. a sweater • Etymology: 1890–95, amer …

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  • 19mock turtleneck — n AmE a type of ↑turtleneck ↑sweater …

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  • 20Dickey (garment) — Advertisement for a false shirt front or dickey , 1912 Dickie redirects here. For other uses, see Dickie (disambiguation). A dickey (alternately written as dickie or dicky[1]; sometimes known as a tuxedo front or tux front) is a type of false …

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