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red-short

red-short adjective: hot short; brittle when red-hot; said of certain kinds of iron.

Adjective

red-short (not comparable)

  1. hot short; brittle when red-hot; said of certain kinds of iron

Forms of red-short

alternative form (obsolete)redshare
alternative form (obsolete)redshire

Words formed from red-short

Questions about red-short

What does red-short mean?
Red-short means hot short; brittle when red-hot; said of certain kinds of iron.
What part of speech is red-short?
Red-short is an adjective.

Words near red-short in the dictionary

  1. red-shafted flickers
  2. red-shanked douc
  3. red-shanked doucs
  4. red-shirt
  5. red-shirts
  6. red-short
  7. red-shortness
  8. red-shouldered blackbird
  9. red-shouldered hawk
  10. red-shouldered hawks
  11. red-skinned

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