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short head

short head noun: a distance of less than the length of a horse's head.

Noun

short head (plural short heads)

  1. A distance of less than the length of a horse's head
    • Red Rum won by a short head.

Forms of short head

pluralshort heads

Questions about short head

What does short head mean?
Short head means a distance of less than the length of a horse's head.
What part of speech is short head?
Short head is a noun.
What is the plural of short head?
The plural of short head is short heads.

Words near short head in the dictionary

  1. short hand
  2. short handed
  3. short hands
  4. short haul
  5. short hauls
  6. short head
  7. short heads
  8. Short Heath
  9. Short Hills
  10. short hop
  11. short hops

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