Meaning & use
T-shirt sleeves
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Meaning
nounplural
The short or long parts of a T-shirt that cover the arms.
Grammar: Always plural when talking about both sleeves; use 'T-shirt sleeve' for one.
Patterns
- T-shirt sleeves
- the sleeves of a T-shirt
- roll up your T-shirt sleeves
He rolled up his T-shirt sleeves because it was hot.
The T-shirt sleeves were too tight around her arms.
She cut the T-shirt sleeves off to make a tank top.
Common combinations
- roll up your T-shirt sleeves
- He rolled up his T-shirt sleeves before washing his hands.
- short T-shirt sleeves
- Short T-shirt sleeves are cooler in summer.
- long T-shirt sleeves
- Long T-shirt sleeves keep your arms warm.
- cut off the T-shirt sleeves
- She cut off the T-shirt sleeves to make a sleeveless top.
Word family
Commonly confused: T-shirt sleeves or T-shirt neck?
T-shirt sleeves vs T-shirt neck
The neck is the opening for your head, not the arm parts.
Practice
It was so warm that he _______ his T-shirt sleeves.
Choose one answer.
When you roll up sleeves, you fold them to make them shorter, which is what you do when it's warm. 'Rolled down' would make them longer, and 'took off' or 'put on' refer to the whole shirt, not just the sleeves.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “T-shirt sleeves”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.