NECKTIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does necktie mean? 

• NECKTIE (noun)
  The noun NECKTIE has 1 sense:

1. neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

  Familiarity information: NECKTIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NECKTIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

necktie; tie

Context example:

he wore a vest and tie

Hypernyms ("necktie" is a kind of...):

neckwear (articles of clothing worn about the neck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "necktie"):

bola; bola tie; bolo; bolo tie (a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie)

bow-tie; bow tie; bowtie (a man's tie that ties in a bow)

four-in-hand (a long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other)

old school tie (necktie indicating the school the wearer attended)

string tie (a very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow)

Windsor tie (a wide necktie worn in a loose bow)

 Context examples 

His hands were raised, and he seemed to be settling his necktie.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was not until he had reached his own room and was tying his necktie that he became aware of a sound that lingered unpleasantly in his ears.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

His dress was quiet and sombre—a black frock-coat, dark trousers, and a touch of colour about his necktie.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One singular point which struck her quick feminine eye was that although he wore some dark coat, such as he had started to town in, he had on neither collar nor necktie.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of course not, but I don't see the use of your having seventeen waistcoats, endless neckties, and a new hat every time you come home.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When in your report you said that you had seen the cyclist as you thought arrange his necktie in the shrubbery, that alone should have told me all.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American—a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He was dressed in rusty black, with a very broad-brimmed top-hat and a loose white necktie—the whole effect being that of a very rustic parson or of an undertaker’s mute.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)