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undershirt

undershirt noun: an undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.

undershirt: an undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
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Noun

undershirt (plural undershirts)

  1. An undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.
    • And she’ll say, “Ooh, look at my baby’s undershirt! What sweet little sockies! What clothesies does my little one want?” ‘All perversion I see! And this lady, doesn’t she have any children?’2004 August, Menis Koumandareas, translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito and Vangelis Calotychos, “Pale Face”, in Their Smell Makes Me Want to Cry (Birmingham Modern Greek Translations; 5)...
    • An undershirt absorbs moisture from your body and equalizes your body temperature.2009, Peter Jungk, Crossing the Hudson, page 10

undershirt meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati

undershirt in Tamil

undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
பனியன் paṉiyaṉ

undershirt in Urdu

بنیان

undershirt in Bengali

undershirt, T-shirt
গেঞ্জি genji

undershirt in Gujarati

undershirt, tank top
બંડી baṇḍī
More languagesFewer languages
undershirt in Indonesian
kaus dalam

Examples of undershirt in a sentence

  • I can't take my undershirt off because I am wearing many more garments on top.
  • He tucked out his polo (dress shirt) but not his undershirt.
  • Arnold grabbed his trunk briefs, undershirt, and socks and looked him over again.

All 12 example sentences with undershirt

Synonyms of undershirt

Forms of undershirt

pluralundershirts

Origin of undershirt

From under- + shirt.

Words formed from undershirt

Questions about undershirt

What does undershirt mean?
Undershirt means an undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.
What is undershirt in Tamil?
Undershirt in Tamil is பனியன் (paṉiyaṉ). See Undershirt meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is undershirt?
Undershirt is a noun.
What is the plural of undershirt?
The plural of undershirt is undershirts.

Words near undershirt in the dictionary

  1. undershifted
  2. undershifting
  3. undershifts
  4. undershipment
  5. undershipments
  6. undershirt
  7. undershirted
  8. undershirts
  9. undershoe
  10. undershoes
  11. undershoot

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: undershirt (page history and authors); undershirt (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গেঞ্জি (Bengali) (page history and authors); બંડી (Gujarati) (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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