SINGLET

singlet, vest, undershirt

(noun) a collarless men’s undergarment for the upper part of the body

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

singlet (plural singlets)

(UK, Australian, Irish, Nigeria, New Zealand) A vest; a sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt.

(physics) A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak.

(physics, quantum mechanics) A quantum state having zero spin.

(plurality, otherkinship) A single person occupying one human body.

Synonyms

• (garment worn underneath a shirt): undershirt, vest, wifebeater

Anagrams

• Etlings, Tingles, glisten, lingets, niglets, sniglet, tingles

Source: Wiktionary


Sin"glet, n.

Definition: An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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