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big boned

big boned is the alternative form of big-boned.

Meaning of big-boned

Adjective

big-boned (comparative more big-boned, superlative most big-boned)

  1. Of a person or animal: large but not obese.
    • […] big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor.1904, Rudyard Kipling, They
  2. (euphemistic, humorous) Fat, obese.
    • Coffins for the Big-Boned. As the media never tires of telling us, America has become a junk-food nation with the fattest population on the planet.2009, Harold Schechter, The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End

Forms of big boned

comparativemore big boned
superlativemost big boned

Questions about big boned

What is big boned the alternative form of?
Big boned is the alternative form of big-boned.

Words near big boned in the dictionary

  1. Big Blue Machine
  2. big blue room
  3. big bluestem
  4. big bluestems
  5. Big Board
  6. big boned
  7. big boob
  8. Big Bounce
  9. big box
  10. big boxes
  11. big boy

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