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shirtdress

shirtdress noun: a type of dress, borrowing details, such as a collar or button front, from a man's shirt.

shirtdress: a type of dress, borrowing details, such as a collar or button front, from a man's shirt
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Noun

shirtdress (plural shirtdresses)

  1. A type of dress, borrowing details, such as a collar or button front, from a man's shirt.
    • A studded leather vest and shirtdress from Target's McQ collection.2009 January 29, Eric Wilson, “But How Will It Play in Tulsa?”, in New York Times

Forms of shirtdress

pluralshirtdresses

Origin of shirtdress

From shirt + dress.

Words formed from shirtdress

Questions about shirtdress

What does shirtdress mean?
Shirtdress means a type of dress, borrowing details, such as a collar or button front, from a man's shirt.
What part of speech is shirtdress?
Shirtdress is a noun.
What is the plural of shirtdress?
The plural of shirtdress is shirtdresses.

Words near shirtdress in the dictionary

  1. shirt-waists
  2. shirtband
  3. shirtbands
  4. shirtcollar
  5. shirtcollars
  6. shirtdress
  7. shirtdressed
  8. shirtdresses
  9. shirted
  10. shirtfront
  11. shirtfronted

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