polo-neck

1. 1.

   a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar

   Synonymsturtleneckturtle

   Broadersweaterjersey

   Partsturtleneck collar

Questions about polo-neck

What does polo-neck mean?

polo-neck means "a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar".

How many syllables are in polo-neck?

polo-neck has 3 syllables: po-lo--neck. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for polo-neck?

Close synonyms include turtleneck, turtle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polo-neck a common word?

polo-neck is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.