Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A kerchief worn around the neck.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kerchief for the neck.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a kerchief worn around the neck

Etymologies

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Combination of neck + kerchief.

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  • apaszka

    May 19, 2011