shirtnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃɜːt/us/ʃɝːt/A1 a piece of clothing worn, especially by men, on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth like cotton and usually having a collar and buttons at the front:
a striped/white shirt
a short-/long-sleeved shirt
You've spilled something down your shirt front.
See also
nightshirt
sweatshirt
T-shirt
More examples
- a clean white shirt
- a shirt collar
- This shirt crumples easily
- The sleeve of his shirt was torn at the elbow.
- This shirt fastens at the back.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Jumpers, shirts & tee-shirts
- blouse
- bodysuit
- boob tube
- cardigan
- cardy
- Hawaiian shirt
- hoodie
- jersey
- kameez
- kurta
- roll neck
- skivvy
- sweater
- sweatshirt
- T-shirt
- turtleneck
- twinset
- V-neck
- vest
- woolly
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Idiom(s)
keep your shirt on
put your shirt on sth
the shirt off sb's back