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sideburn

sideburn is the singular of sideburns.

Meaning of sideburns

Noun

sideburns pl (normally plural, singular sideburn)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

Noun

sideburn (uncountable)

  1. (UK) The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.

Forms of sideburn

pluralsideburns

Origin of sideburn

From side + burn.

Words formed from sideburn

Questions about sideburn

What does sideburn mean?
Sideburn means the unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.
What is sideburn the singular of?
Sideburn is the singular of sideburns.
What part of speech is sideburn?
Sideburn is a noun.
What is the plural of sideburn?
The plural of sideburn is sideburns.

Words near sideburn in the dictionary

  1. sideboys
  2. sidebuffer
  3. sidebuffers
  4. sideburden
  5. sideburdens
  6. sideburn
  7. sideburned
  8. sideburns
  9. sidecap
  10. sidecaps
  11. sidecar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sideburn (page history and authors); sideburns (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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