First Known Use: circa 1656
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cravat
noun cra·vat \krə-ˈvat\
: a short, wide piece of cloth that is worn around the neck by men with its ends tucked inside the collar of a shirt or sweater
Full Definition of CRAVAT
1
: a band or scarf worn around the neck
2
: necktie
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Origin of CRAVAT
French cravate, from Crabate, Cravate Croatian
Other Clothing Terms
Rhymes with CRAVAT
all that, at bat, at that, backchat, bath mat, bobcat, brass hat, brickbat, brown fat, brown rat, bullbat, Cassatt, chitchat, combat, coon cat, cowpat, Croat, deep fat, defat, dingbat, doormat, expat, fat cat, fiat, firebrat, flat-hat, fly at, format, fruit bat, get at, go at, have at, hellcat, hepcat, high-hat, house cat, jurat, keep at, leaf fat, look at, Manx cat, MCAT, meerkat, milk fat, mole rat, mudflat, muscat, Muscat, muskrat, nonfat, old hat, pack rat, pick at, place mat, plug hat, polecat, pot hat, Rotblat, rug rat, salt flat, savate, silk hat, slouch hat, sneeze at, snowcat, Sobat, stand pat, standpat, stonechat, strawhat, Surat, thereat, tin hat, tipcat, tomcat, top hat, trans fat, whereat, whinchat, white hat, wildcat, wombat, wool fat
CRAVAT Defined for Kids
cravat
noun cra·vat \krə-ˈvat\
Definition of CRAVAT for Kids
: necktie
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