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horseshoe moustache

Syllables: horse·shoe·mou·stacheUK/ˈhɔːs.ʃuː məsˈtɑːʃ/US/ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː ˈmʌstæʃ/

horseshoe moustache noun: a moustache covering the lip and having vertical extensions reaching down from the corners of the lips to the jawline, resembling an upside-down U or a horseshoe.

horseshoe moustache: a moustache covering the lip and having vertical extensions reaching down from the corners of the...
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Noun

horseshoe moustache (plural horseshoe moustaches)

  1. A moustache covering the lip and having vertical extensions reaching down from the corners of the lips to the jawline, resembling an upside-down U or a horseshoe.
    • They stood atop the rock with hand-held hammers and they beat the bit of the drills into the rock and it dulled their tools and the blacksmith set up station nearby, a man with sorrowful steel eyes and a sad horseshoe moustache, forging and heat-treating and resharpening.2013, Paul Lynch, Red Sky in Morning, →ISBN, page 151

Forms of horseshoe moustache

pluralhorseshoe moustaches
alternative formhorseshoe mustache

Questions about horseshoe moustache

What does horseshoe moustache mean?
Horseshoe moustache means a moustache covering the lip and having vertical extensions reaching down from the corners of the lips to the jawline, resembling an upside-down U or a horseshoe.
What part of speech is horseshoe moustache?
Horseshoe moustache is a noun.
How do you pronounce horseshoe moustache?
Horseshoe moustache is pronounced /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː məsˈtɑːʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of horseshoe moustache?
The plural of horseshoe moustache is horseshoe moustaches.

Words near horseshoe moustache in the dictionary

  1. horseshoe geranium
  2. horseshoe geraniums
  3. Horseshoe Harbour
  4. horseshoe map
  5. horseshoe maps
  6. horseshoe moustache
  7. horseshoe moustaches
  8. horseshoe mustache
  9. horseshoe nail
  10. horseshoe nails
  11. horseshoe sandwich

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