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neck-kerchief

neck-kerchief is the alternative form of neckerchief.

Meaning of neckerchief

Noun

neckerchief (plural neckerchiefs or neckerchieves)

  1. A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
    • The Boy Scout wore a red neckerchief, the ends clasped with a sliding knot ornament.
    Synonyms:
    handkerchief, necker

Forms of neck-kerchief

pluralneck-kerchiefs
pluralneck-kerchieves

Questions about neck-kerchief

What is neck-kerchief the alternative form of?
Neck-kerchief is the alternative form of neckerchief.

Words near neck-kerchief in the dictionary

  1. neck-deep
  2. neck-gable
  3. neck-gables
  4. neck-guard
  5. neck-guards
  6. neck-kerchief
  7. neck-kerchiefs
  8. neck-kerchieves
  9. neck-ring
  10. neck-rings
  11. neck-turner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neck-kerchief (page history and authors); neckerchief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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