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character heads

character heads is the plural of character head.

Meaning of character head

Noun

character head (plural character heads)

  1. An artwork depicting a person's head with a distinct, sometimes grotesque facial expression.
    • But for some unaccountable reason the canvas which clings most vividly to the visitor's memory was a character head of a Russian peasant. Such a sympathetic rendition of a picturesque character! Such color! And such an unconscious abandon of handling!1895, The Art Interchange, volume 34, page 46

Questions about character heads

What is character heads the plural of?
Character heads is the plural of character head.

Words near character heads in the dictionary

  1. character encoding
  2. character encodings
  3. character generator
  4. character generators
  5. character head
  6. character heads
  7. character man
  8. character map
  9. character maps
  10. character men
  11. character neuroses

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