necktie

noun

neck·​tie ˈnek-ˌtī How to pronounce necktie (audio)
: a narrow length of material worn about the neck and tied in front
especially : four-in-hand

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Black & Decker’s electric drills, for example, compete not just with other drills but with Father’s Day gifts like neckties. Vincent Gregoire, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 The production of our diaries is like a high-end necktie factory, which, in a day produces many customer’s products simply by continually changing the material on the same production line. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024 Classic neckties Bottega Veneta, Valentino, PradaEstrop/Julien M. Hekimian/WWD/Getty Images Nearly every menswear brand (and plenty of womenswear labels, too) showed classic neckties for fall and winter. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2024 On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Carter—sporting a bushy haircut and a wide necktie—invited dignitaries and reporters onto the roof of the White House to watch the installation of thirty-two solar water-heating panels. Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for necktie 

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of necktie was in 1838

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“Necktie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necktie. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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necktie

noun
neck·​tie -ˌtī How to pronounce necktie (audio)
: a narrow length of cloth worn about the neck and tied in front

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