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windchapped

windchapped adjective: affected by windburn.

Adjective

windchapped (comparative more windchapped, superlative most windchapped)

  1. (rare) Affected by windburn.
    • Working men with windchapped faces sat at the tables closest to the furnace and men in ties and gray or black overcoats sat around the edges of the saloon with newspapers.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 31, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 162

Forms of windchapped

comparativemore windchapped
superlativemost windchapped

Origin of windchapped

From wind + chapped.

Questions about windchapped

What does windchapped mean?
Windchapped means affected by windburn.
What part of speech is windchapped?
Windchapped is an adjective.

Words near windchapped in the dictionary

  1. windcap
  2. windcapped
  3. windcaps
  4. windcatcher
  5. windcatchers
  6. windchapped
  7. windcheater
  8. windcheatered
  9. windcheaters
  10. windchest
  11. windchests

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