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swimshirt

swimshirt noun: a shirt worn over a swimsuit in order to provide extra protection from the sun.

Noun

swimshirt (plural swimshirts)

  1. A shirt worn over a swimsuit in order to provide extra protection from the sun.
    • Jess always wore a specially protective swimshirt over her togs to minimise the effect of the sun on her fair skin, and a floppy white hat, but Raefe was bare-shouldered and hatless as he worked away at the sandcastle.1997, Lindsay Armstrong, Accidental Nanny, Mills & Boon, →ISBN, pages 43–44
    • Ensure also that you’ve got adequate sun protection; in addition to high-SPF sunscreen and hats, Lycra swimshirts are a good idea.2002, Cathy Lanigan, Travel with Children, 4th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 222

Forms of swimshirt

pluralswimshirts

Origin of swimshirt

From swim + shirt.

Questions about swimshirt

What does swimshirt mean?
Swimshirt means a shirt worn over a swimsuit in order to provide extra protection from the sun.
What part of speech is swimshirt?
Swimshirt is a noun.
What is the plural of swimshirt?
The plural of swimshirt is swimshirts.

Words near swimshirt in the dictionary

  1. swims the Thames
  2. swims the Tiber
  3. swims upstream
  4. swims with sharks
  5. Swimses
  6. swimshirt
  7. swimshirts
  8. swimshorts
  9. swimsuit
  10. swimsuited
  11. swimsuits

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