"technical tee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: technical tees [plural]
Etymology: technical (representing technical fabric) + tee (elliptical for tee shirt) Etymology templates: {{m|en|technical}} technical, {{m|en|technical fabric}} technical fabric, {{m|en|tee}} tee, {{l|en|elliptical}} elliptical, {{m|en|tee shirt}} tee shirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} technical tee (plural technical tees)
  1. A T-shirt made of a technical fabric (such as CoolMax) which draws sweat away from the skin by capillary action. Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (T-shirt made of a technical fabric): crys-T brethyn gwrth-chwys [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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