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semihard

semihard adjective: somewhat hard.

Adjective

semihard (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat hard.
    • semihard cheese
    • There was the cone with vanilla ice cream and a semihard hood of nut-sprinkled chocolate over that.2009 July 19, Frank Bruni, “I Was a Baby Bulimic”, in New York Times

Forms of semihard

alternative formsemi-hard

Origin of semihard

From semi- + hard.

Questions about semihard

What does semihard mean?
Semihard means somewhat hard.
What part of speech is semihard?
Semihard is an adjective.

Words near semihard in the dictionary

  1. semihabitable
  2. semihallucinatory
  3. semihallucinogenic
  4. semihanging
  5. semihappy
  6. semihard
  7. semiharden
  8. semihardened
  9. semihardening
  10. semihardens
  11. semihardy

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