SHIRTTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shirttail mean? 

• SHIRTTAIL (noun)
  The noun SHIRTTAIL has 2 senses:

1. a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article

2. fabric forming the tail of a shirt

  Familiarity information: SHIRTTAIL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIRTTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

appendix (supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book)

Holonyms ("shirttail" is a part of...):

news article; news story; newspaper article (an article reporting news)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fabric forming the tail of a shirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Holonyms ("shirttail" is a part of...):

shirt (a garment worn on the upper half of the body)