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turtleneck
[ tur-tl-nek ]
noun
- a high, close-fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing especially on pullover sweaters.
- a sweater with such a collar.
turtleneck
/ ˈtɜːtəlˌnɛk /
noun
- a round high close-fitting neck on a sweater or the sweater itself
- ( as modifier )
a turtleneck sweater
Word History and Origins
Origin of turtleneck1
Example Sentences
If I pose a question whose premise doesn’t sit right, she tilts her head, bouncy curls spilling over one shoulder of her turtleneck—perplexed but not unkind—and takes a moment to think before explaining why.
If you could wear the turtleneck sweater the right way, talk the talk, walk the walk, you might be able to get access to capital.
TikTok is a home for the literary “dark academia” crowd, who are Harry Potter-inspired tweed wearers, fans of leather accoutrements, thrifted turtlenecks and more.
A turtleneck gray sweater—it was herringbone tweed—and a cap.
The high-cheekboned actor wears a leather jacket and turtleneck and slicks back his hair in Out of the Furnace.
Well, it seems like she hasn't kicked the habit, since the singer's semi-sheer turtleneck onesie has a matching nun-like headpice.
The singer's thigh-high stilettos and tight turtleneck mini were an intersting choice for Sunday best.
Loud, overbearing, and unseemly, he is the very personification of the human id in a mock turtleneck and gold chain.
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