Definition of "high-necked" [high-necked]

• Having a high neckline: a high-necked sweater. (adjective)

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• "Reuters Vera Wang and Peter Som pictured showed long dresses that were high-necked but slinky."
• "Later when Mavis is invited to a baby's naming ceremony, she takes on another guise: that of a sober career woman with her hair in a bun, wearing a high-necked dress and conservative spectator pumps."
• "She was pictured in a bathrobe, a business suit, and finally -- as the sexy chick -- in a high-necked evening gown that exposed nothing but her arms."