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hand-tied

hand-tied adjective: of a bouquet: formed by bringing the stems together in one's hand and then tying them.

Adjective

hand-tied (not comparable)

  1. Of a bouquet: formed by bringing the stems together in one's hand and then tying them.

Noun

hand-tied (plural hand-tieds)

  1. A bouquet prepared in this manner.
    • Line flowers, in general, don't work for hand-tieds, whereas mass and filler flowers do.2006, Floral Management, volumes 23-24, page xlix

Forms of hand-tied

pluralhand-tieds

Questions about hand-tied

What does hand-tied mean?
Hand-tied means of a bouquet: formed by bringing the stems together in one's hand and then tying them.
What part of speech is hand-tied?
Hand-tied can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hand-tied in the dictionary

  1. hand-springs
  2. hand-stitched
  3. hand-tab
  4. hand-tame
  5. hand-tameness
  6. hand-tied
  7. hand-tieds
  8. hand-tight
  9. hand-to-hand
  10. hand-to-mouth
  11. hand-wash

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