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décolleté definition

dé·col·leté (dā käl′ə tā′; Fr dā kō̂l tā′)

adjective

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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