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close-set

close-set adjective: set close together.

close-set: set close together
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Adjective

close-set (comparative more close-set, superlative most close-set)

  1. set close together
    • Fore half of the mandible armed by two rows of teeth ; the outer row consisting of 10 or 11 close-set low teeth, having compressed but not pointed tips.1856 Catalogue of apodal fish: in the collection of the British Museum
    • But the feature of them that made the most startling impression upon their prisoner was their white skins—neither in color nor feature was there a trace of the negroid about them. Yet, with their receding foreheads, wicked little close-set eyes, and yellow fangs, they were far from prepossessing in...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 165

close-set meaning in Kannada

close-set in Kannada

ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಮೀಪವಾದ

Forms of close-set

comparativemore close-set
superlativemost close-set
alternative formclose set

Questions about close-set

What does close-set mean?
Close-set means set close together.
What is close-set in Kannada?
Close-set in Kannada is ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಮೀಪವಾದ. See Close-set meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is close-set?
Close-set is an adjective.

Words near close-set in the dictionary

  1. close-reefed
  2. close-reefing
  3. close-reefs
  4. close-run
  5. close-serried
  6. close-set
  7. close-stool
  8. close-stools
  9. close-tiled
  10. close-toed
  11. close-tongued

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