Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shurt dres]
- /ʃɜrt drɛs/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [shurt dres]
- /ʃɜrt drɛs/
Definition of shirt-dress word
- noun shirt-dress shirtwaist (def 2). 1
Information block about the term
Origin of shirt-dress
First appearance:
before 1945 One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shirt-dress
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shirt-dress popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
See also
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