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barbal

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəl/

barbal adjective: relating to beards.

Adjective

barbal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to beards.
    • Much depends here on how persuasive you find the entailments that Oldstone-Moore draws between historical circumstances and barbal fashions.2015 October 23, Ned Beauman, “Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair by Christopher Oldstone-Moore review”, in The Guardian

Origin of barbal

From Latin barba (“beard”) + -al.

Words that rhyme with barbal

Questions about barbal

What does barbal mean?
Barbal means relating to beards.
What part of speech is barbal?
Barbal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce barbal?
Barbal is pronounced /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəl/.

Words near barbal in the dictionary

  1. Barbadoses
  2. Barbadosing
  3. Barbagallo
  4. Barbagallos
  5. Barbagia
  6. barbal
  7. Barbalissos
  8. Barbalissus
  9. barbaloin
  10. barbamide
  11. barbamides

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