décolleté

The definition of décolleté is a low-cut neckline on a garment that shows the chest area.

(adjective)

An example of décolleté is a strapless dress; a décolleté dress.

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See décolleté in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. cut low so as to bare the neck and shoulders, as some dresses
  2. wearing a décolleté dress, etc.

Origin: Fr, pp. of décolleter, to bare the neck and shoulders < dé- (L de), from + collet, dim. of col (< L collum), neck: see collar

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