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- [sahyd-burnz]
- /ˈsaɪdˌbɜrnz/
- /ˈsaɪd.bɜːnz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahyd-burnz]
- /ˈsaɪdˌbɜrnz/
Definitions of sideburns word
- noun plural sideburns If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek. 0
- noun plural sideburns a man's whiskers grown down either side of the face in front of the ears 0
- noun plural sideburns burnsides 0
- noun plural sideburns the hair on a man's face, just in front of the ears, esp. when the rest of the beard is cut off 0
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Origin of sideburns
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90, Americanism; alteration of burnsides
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Parts of speech for Sideburns
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sideburns popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Synonyms for sideburns
noun sideburns
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burnsides — thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
- goatee — a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- muttonchops — The whiskers on a man's cheek when shaped like a meat chop, narrow at the top and broad and rounded at the bottom.
Top questions with sideburns
- what are sideburns?
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- how to shave sideburns?
- how to cut sideburns?
- why do jewish males have curly sideburns?
- how long should sideburns be?
- how to grow sideburns fast?
- how to get rid of women's sideburns?
- how to cut sideburns women?
- how to get sideburns?
- how to grow sideburns thicker?
- how to fade sideburns?
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