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Turtleneck

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
    Canada, US
  2. Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater.
  3. A foreskin.

Equivalents

17 more languages
Bosanskicolgolf
Češtinarolák
Ελληνικάζιβάγκο
Hrvatskicolgolf
Magyargarbó
ქართულისვიტრი
한국어터틀넥
Македонскиролка
Polskigolf
Русскийводолазка
Српскиcolgolf

Examples

I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks”
Still, Jobs became friends with fashion designer Issey Miyake, who had designed some Sony uniforms, and asked him to make some black turtlenecks that he liked.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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