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crew neck en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹuˌnɛk/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Referring to the collar of pullover garments and usually of sweaters and T-shirts, when [the collar] circles the neck.
    • The designer herself was wearing tailored caramel-coloured trousers with a toning crew neck knit, because “it’s work, and I have too much to do to get dressed up”. 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:
  2. (not-comparable) Referring to a garment's collar whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level.

Forms

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crewneck alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

high crew · crewnecked

crew neck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹuˌnɛk/

Meanings

  1. A round neckline with a ribbed texture.
    • For a writer celebrated for his control of his characters’ inner lives, for a husband and father notoriously prickly about his expression of the suburban proprieties — the crewneck Shetland sweater and khakis, the plummy faux-Brahmin accent, the adoring Labrador at his feet, the woodpile neatly stacked and grass hand-scythed — here was scandal in full spate, sludge flooding over his family and friends. 2009 March 15, Geoffrey Wolff, “Suburban Suffering”, in New York Times:
  2. (broadly) A shirt, sweater, or similar garment with such a neckline.

Forms

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crewneck alternative lexicographic
crew necks Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

V-neck · sweetheart neckline · heart neckline · bateau neckline · boat neckline · turtleneck · plunging neckline · scoop neckline

Relateds

turtleneck · crew sock