Hals, Frans Hals
(noun) Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hals, n. Etym: [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals. See Collar.]
Definition: The neck or throat. [Obs.] Do me hangen by the hals. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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