sweater
- noun
- A2
- Top 5000
A warm piece of clothing with sleeves, usually made of wool, that you pull over your head and wear on the top half of your body.
This sweater itches, so I wear a shirt underneath.
My aunt knitted me a thick woollen sweater for winter.
The sweater shrank in the wash and no longer fits.
He rolled up the sleeves of his soft grey sweater.
Common collocations: a warm sweater · a woollen sweater · a knitted sweater · put on a sweater · take off a sweater · a sweater with a round neck
Part of: Clothes