necktie

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a long, narrow strip of cloth worn around the neck beneath a collar and tied in a knot at the front

   He chose a dark blue necktie to wear with his gray suit.

A compound of neck and tie. Tie had already come to mean a strip of cloth fastened around the neck; necktie made the location explicit. The compound is especially common in North American English, while tie is the usual shorter term in both British and North American English.

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