SIDEBURN

sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers

(noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man’s face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

sideburn (plural sideburns)

singular of sideburns

Etymology 2

Noun

sideburn (uncountable)

(UK, smoking) The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.

Anagrams

• Burdines, Burnside, Rubenids, burnside

Source: Wiktionary



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10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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