Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A narrow fabric band of varying length worn around the neck and tied in a knot or bow close to the throat.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Properly, a narrow band, generally of silk or satin, worn around the neck, and tied in a knot in front; by extension, any band, scarf, or tie worn around the neck or fastened in front of the collar.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck.
WordNet 3.0
- n. neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
Examples
“Discussing his work in the first chapter, Pi says that a necktie is a noose, and he mentions some of the things that he misses about India (in spite of his love for Canada).”
“For example, the necktie is part of the uniform of uniformed police officers.”
“The necktie is crucial in the willy waving contests that are business and politics.”
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“People have offered their own substitutes: kanth langote for 'necktie' - a literal word for word translation, and murg poonchhal sammelan for 'a cocktail party '.”
““The necktie is a serpentlike symbol of evil worn by humales.””
“His boots were an epic of despair, his necktie was a tragedy.”
“His necktie was a flaming red, adorned by a glittering horseshoe pin, almost life-size.”
“His necktie was the blue-gray of a November sky, and its knot was plainly the outcome of”
“Employees of Munich-based Trovicor are easy to pick out: each is dressed identically, in a dark suit and a red necktie, which is custom made, marketing director Birgitt Fischer-Harrow says.”
“In fact, in a country where the sun beats downs on us for much of the year, headgear makes more sense than necktie, which is why we have a rich, indigenous legacy of the most colorful and elaborate pugrees, topis, turbans, and caps anywhere in the world.”
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Fit to Be Tied
Ties and other neckwear.
tie, necktie, cravat, ascot, dickey, scarf, bowtie, bolo tie, string tie, steenkirk, keffiyeh, stock and 36 more...
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