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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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