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burnside

Burn·side
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [burn-sahyd]
    • /ˈbɜrnˌsaɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [burn-sahyd]
    • /ˈbɜrnˌsaɪd/

Definitions of burnside word

  • noun burnside land along the side of a burn 3
  • noun burnside Ambrose Everett1824-81; Union general in the Civil War 3
  • noun burnside Ambrose Everett, 1824–81, Union general in the American Civil War. 1
  • noun burnside (especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but with no beard on the chin. 0

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Origin of burnside

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
1870-75, Americanism; named after Gen. A. E. Burnside

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Parts of speech for Burnside

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

burnside popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for burnside

noun burnside

  • stubble — Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
  • sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
  • goatee — a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
  • burnsides — thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
  • mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.

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