tee shirt

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ˈtee ˌshirt, n. 

1. Clothing T-shirt.

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tee′ shirt′, 

1. Clothing T-shirt.

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T-shirt or tee shirt /ˈtiˌʃɜrt/   n. [countable]

1. Clothing a lightweight, pullover shirt with short sleeves and a collarless round neckline.

Also called tee.

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T-shirt  (tē′shûrt′), n. 

1. Clothing a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.

Also, tee-shirt. Also called T, tee. 

• named from its shape 1940–45

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T-shirt, tee shirt, tee-shirt noun

1. a lightweight simple garment for the upper body, usually short-sleeved

Etymology: so called because of its shape

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tee-shirt, tee shirt noun

1. variant spellings of T-shirt