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quarter-zip

quarter-zip adjective: having a short zip (approximately a quarter of the height of the garment) descending from the collar.

Adjective

quarter-zip (not comparable)

  1. (sweater etc.) Having a short zip (approximately a quarter of the height of the garment) descending from the collar.

Noun

quarter-zip (plural quarter-zips)

  1. A jacket, sweater, or other top with a short zip (approximately a quarter of the height of the garment) descending from the collar.
    • “[…] [men’s] fleece business is really being driven by novelty,” said Lisa Fox, vice-president of brand marketing, […] “I’m talking about styles with striped ribbed trim, open-bottom styling, hoods and novelty interest at the neckline—henleys or quarter zips.”1996 September 30, Rachel Spevack, “Fashion has Fleece Flying this Fall”, in DNR, Fairchild, page 8

Forms of quarter-zip

Adjective
alternative formquarter zip
Noun
pluralquarter-zips

Questions about quarter-zip

What does quarter-zip mean?
Quarter-zip means having a short zip (approximately a quarter of the height of the garment) descending from the collar.
What part of speech is quarter-zip?
Quarter-zip can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quarter-zip in the dictionary

  1. quarter-wave plates
  2. quarter-wavelength film
  3. quarter-wavelength films
  4. quarter-witted
  5. quarter-yearly
  6. quarter-zip
  7. quarter-zips
  8. quarterage
  9. quarterages
  10. quarterback
  11. quarterbacked

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