jersey
noun (a jersey, jerseys; Jersey — the island)
Everyday
- A jersey is a knitted top with sleeves, like a jumper or sweater. tree →
- A jersey is a shirt worn by players in a sports team, often with a number on it. tree →
- Jersey is a soft stretchy cloth used for T-shirts. tree →
- Jersey is an island in the English Channel, and a Jersey is a breed of cow from there. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life, in New Zealand and Australia a jersey is the usual word for a jumper; in the USA and Canada a jersey usually means a sports shirt. In PE and sports, teams wear jerseys with numbers and colours. New Jersey is a state in the USA, named after the island. Phrases: team jersey, football jersey, a woolly jersey.
Examples
- Put on your jersey, it's cold outside. tree →
- Our team jerseys are blue with white numbers. tree →
- He wore number ten on his jersey. tree →
- Grandma knitted me a woolly jersey. tree →
- Jersey cows give very creamy milk. tree →
- My pyjamas are made of soft jersey. tree →
Note
Countable: jerseys (just add s). Capital J for the island, the state New Jersey and the cow breed. Its meaning changes by country: jumper (UK), sweater (US), jersey (NZ).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «jersey» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «jersey» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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