tur|tle|neck — turtle neck, or tur|tle|neck1 «TUR tuhl NEHK», noun. 1. a round, high, closely fitting collar on a sweater or knitted shirt, usually turned down over itself when the garment is worn. 2. a sweater or knitted shirt with such a collar. tur|tle neck… … Useful english dictionary
tur|tle-neck — turtle neck, or tur|tle|neck1 «TUR tuhl NEHK», noun. 1. a round, high, closely fitting collar on a sweater or knitted shirt, usually turned down over itself when the garment is worn. 2. a sweater or knitted shirt with such a collar. tur|tle neck… … Useful english dictionary
turtle neck — turtle neck, or tur|tle|neck1 «TUR tuhl NEHK», noun. 1. a round, high, closely fitting collar on a sweater or knitted shirt, usually turned down over itself when the garment is worn. 2. a sweater or knitted shirt with such a collar. tur|tle neck… … Useful english dictionary
turtleneck — tur|tle|neck [ˈtə:tlnek US ˈtə:r ] n a type of ↑sweater with a high, close fitting collar that covers most of your neck →↑polo neck, v neck ↑v neck … Dictionary of contemporary English
turtleneck — tur|tle|neck [ tɜrtl,nek ] noun count AMERICAN a high neck that folds over on a SWEATER a. a SWEATER with a turtleneck … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
turtleneck — tur•tle•neck [[t]ˈtɜr tlˌnɛk[/t]] n. 1) clo a high, close fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing esp. on pullover sweaters 2) clo a garment with such a neck, esp. a sweater • Etymology: 1890–95, amer … From formal English to slang
painted turtle — paint′ed tur′tle n. ram a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace • Etymology: 1875–80 … From formal English to slang
ringdove — ring′dove or ring′ dove n. 1) orn Also called ringed′ tur′tle dove . a small domestic dove, Streptopelia risoria having a black half ring around the nape of the neck. 2) orn wood pigeon 1) • Etymology: 1530–40 … From formal English to slang