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nosebeard

nosebeard noun: moustache.

Noun

nosebeard (plural nosebeards)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Moustache.
    • I'm not surprised Mike keeps him on the door; who could get any work done with a nose beard hovering around the place? Fecker's beard hair is red too, so from a distance it looks like Manny got himself punched in the face and is fine with blood all over himself.2013, Eoin Colfer, Screwed
    • He was looking full-on at me. An overgrown nosebeard, brown hairs overlapping onto his white chinstrap.2017, Benyakir B. Horowitz, Manual Automata, page 118

Forms of nosebeard

pluralnosebeards
alternative formnose-beard
alternative formnose beard

Origin of nosebeard

From nose + beard.

Questions about nosebeard

What does nosebeard mean?
Nosebeard means moustache.
What part of speech is nosebeard?
Nosebeard is a noun.
What is the plural of nosebeard?
The plural of nosebeard is nosebeards.

Words near nosebeard in the dictionary

  1. nosebags
  2. noseband
  3. nosebands
  4. nosebar
  5. nosebars
  6. nosebeard
  7. nosebeards
  8. nosebleed
  9. nosebleed plant
  10. nosebleed seat
  11. nosebleed seats

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