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square-headed

square-headed adjective: having the top part fashioned flat in a square form.

Adjective

square-headed (comparative more square-headed, superlative most square-headed)

  1. Having the top part fashioned flat in a square form.
  2. Sensible, level-headed.
    • Squareheaded chaps those must be in Rome: they work the whole show.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5: Lotus Eaters]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 80
  3. Stolid; dull.

Forms of square-headed

comparativemore square-headed
superlativemost square-headed

Questions about square-headed

What does square-headed mean?
Square-headed means having the top part fashioned flat in a square form.
What part of speech is square-headed?
Square-headed is an adjective.

Words near square-headed in the dictionary

  1. square-dancing
  2. square-eyed
  3. square-free
  4. square-gaiter
  5. square-gaiters
  6. square-headed
  7. square-jawed
  8. square-lipped rhinoceros
  9. square-lipped rhinoceroses
  10. square-pierced
  11. square-pushing

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