"neckline" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛkˌlaɪn/ Forms: necklines [plural]
Etymology: neck + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|neck|line}} neck + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} neckline (plural necklines)
  1. The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front. Wikipedia link: neckline Categories (topical): Clothing Derived forms: bateau neckline, boat neckline, heart neckline, plunging neckline, sweetheart neckline Related terms: hemline Translations (line): деколте (dekolte) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kaula-aukko (Finnish), escote [masculine] (Galician), hálsmál [neuter] (Icelandic), sepalus (Ingrian), 襟ぐり (eriguri) (Japanese), utringning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), escote (Spanish), escotadura [feminine] (Spanish), urringning [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for neckline meaning in English (2.3kB)

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    },
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    {
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      "word": "escote"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "line",
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