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neck gaiter

neck gaiter noun: a type of neckwarmer that can easily be pulled over the mouth and nose to offer a degree of masking for warmth and (to a limited extent) respiratory droplet suppression (albeit without fine filtration).

neck gaiter: a type of neckwarmer that can easily be pulled over the mouth and nose to offer a degree of masking...
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Noun

neck gaiter (plural neck gaiters)

  1. A type of neckwarmer that can easily be pulled over the mouth and nose to offer a degree of masking for warmth and (to a limited extent) respiratory droplet suppression (albeit without fine filtration).

Forms of neck gaiter

pluralneck gaiters

Origin of neck gaiter

From neck + gaiter.

Questions about neck gaiter

What does neck gaiter mean?
Neck gaiter means a type of neckwarmer that can easily be pulled over the mouth and nose to offer a degree of masking for warmth and (to a limited extent) respiratory droplet suppression (albeit without fine filtration).
What part of speech is neck gaiter?
Neck gaiter is a noun.
What is the plural of neck gaiter?
The plural of neck gaiter is neck gaiters.

Words near neck gaiter in the dictionary

  1. neck days
  2. neck deep
  3. neck down
  4. neck eel
  5. neck eels
  6. neck gaiter
  7. neck gaiters
  8. neck guard
  9. neck guards
  10. neck in neck
  11. neck joint

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