crew neck

• crewneck

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹuˌnɛk/

crew neck (not comparable)

1. Referring to the collar of pullover garments and usually of sweaters and T-shirts, when [the collar] circles the neck. Often crew necked.
   • 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian‎:

     The designer herself was wearing tailored caramel-coloured trousers with a toning crew neck knit, because “it’s work, and I have too much to do to get dressed up”.

2. Referring to a collar, whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level, more often termed as high crew.

crew neck (plural crew necks)

1. A round neckline with a ribbed texture.
   • 2009 March 15, Geoffrey Wolff, “Suburban Suffering”, in New York Times‎:

     For a writer celebrated for his control of his characters’ inner lives, for a husband and father notoriously prickly about his expression of the suburban proprieties — the crewneck Shetland sweater and khakis, the plummy faux-Brahmin accent, the adoring Labrador at his feet, the woodpile neatly stacked and grass hand-scythed — here was scandal in full spate, sludge flooding over his family and friends.

2. (by extension) A shirt, sweater, or similar garment with such a neckline.