A simple, casual upper-body garment with short sleeves, often made of cotton, usually with no collar.
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Tee shirt
/ˈtiː ʃɜːrt/
A casual short-sleeved shirt without a collar, often made of cotton
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She wore a vintage tee shirt from the 80s.After the game, he swapped his tee shirt with another player.The concert tee shirt was her favorite souvenir.
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Ways to tell them apart:
"T-shirt" is the original form and is named due to its T-shape when laid out flat.
Both tee shirt and T shirt are informal ways to write it, but T-shirt is still more commonly used and recognized.
Remember that T-shirt is often hyphenated; some dictionaries consider tee shirt as casual or less standard usage.