First Known Use: 1939
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crew neck
noun
: a plain, round neck on a T-shirt, sweater, etc.
: a sweater with a crew neck
Full Definition of CREW NECK
1
: a round collarless neckline
2
usually crew·neck \ˈkrü-ˌnek\ : a sweater with a crew neck
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Origin of CREW NECK
from the sweaters with this neckline worn by oarsmen
Rhymes with CREW NECK
Atrek, Aztec, Baalbek, bed check, bedeck, Birkbeck, Bishkek, blank check, boatneck, breakneck, bull neck, cowl-neck, cromlech, crookneck, cross-check, ewe-neck, exec, fact-check, flight deck, flyspeck, forecheck, foredeck, gooseneck, gut check, haček, hatcheck, henpeck, high tech, hook check, in check, Kazbek, kopeck, limbeck, longneck, low-tech, Mixtec, on deck, OPEC, parsec, paycheck, pinchbeck, poop deck, rain check, rebec, ringneck, roll-neck, roughneck, samekh, shipwreck, spell-check, spot-check, Steinbeck, sundeck, tape deck, tenrec, Toltec, Uzbek, V-neck, vo-tech, Waldeck, Warbeck, well deck, wryneck, xebec
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