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Meaning of Turtleneck | Babel Free

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.
    Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  3. A foreskin.
    slang

Equivalents

Bosanski col golf
Čeština rolák
Ελληνικά ζιβάγκο
Hrvatski col golf
Magyar garbó
ქართული სვიტრი
한국어 터틀넥
Kurdî çol col golf
Македонски ролка
Nederlands col coltrui rolkraag rolkraagtrui
Polski golf
Português gola alta gola rulê
Русский водолазка
Српски col golf

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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