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boardshort

boardshort noun: boardshorts. Also the attributive form of boardshorts.

Noun

boardshort

  1. (uncommon) Boardshorts.
    • Being a surfer of a few years, I take care to find a boardshort that is both durable and good looking.1982, Surfing, volume 18, number 10, page 8
    • Roxy lays claim to a surf-fashion coup—the boardshort, a fashion-forward design that combined fit and flexibility with a more feminine styling. The boardshort, so the Roxy version goes, was developed in a brainstorming session with Roxy’s fashion designers and Lisa Andersen, by then a sponsored...2008, Linda Chase, Surfing: Women of the Waves, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 70

Also used as

boardshort is also the attributive form of boardshorts.

Examples of boardshort in a sentence

  • Roxy lays claim to a surf-fashion coup—the boardshort, a fashion-forward design that combined fit and flexibility with a more feminine styling.2008, Linda Chase, Surfing: Women of the Waves, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 70:
  • The style of the boardshort was not immune to fashion trends of color, motif, and cut.2014, Malie Moran, Attila Pohlmann, Andrew Reilly, Honolulu Street Style, Intellect, →ISBN, page 62:

Questions about boardshort

What does boardshort mean?
Boardshort means boardshorts.
How do you use boardshort in a sentence?
Roxy lays claim to a surf-fashion coup—the boardshort, a fashion-forward design that combined fit and flexibility with a more feminine styling.
What part of speech is boardshort?
Boardshort is a noun.

Words near boardshort in the dictionary

  1. boards up
  2. boardsailing
  3. boardsailor
  4. boardsailors
  5. boardsful
  6. boardshort
  7. boardshorts
  8. boardslide
  9. boardslides
  10. boardsman
  11. boardsmanship

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