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SMOOTH-HAIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smooth-haired mean? 

SMOOTH-HAIRED (adjective)
  The adjective SMOOTH-HAIRED has 1 sense:

1. having hair that feels smoothplay

  Familiarity information: SMOOTH-HAIRED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SMOOTH-HAIRED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having hair that feels smooth

Similar:

haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)


 Context examples 


Elizabeth, or Beth, as everyone called her, was a rosy, smooth-haired, bright-eyed girl of thirteen, with a shy manner, a timid voice, and a peaceful expression which was seldom disturbed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There are three varieties of Ibizan: smooth-haired, long-haired, and wire-haired.

(Ibizan Hound, NCI Thesaurus)



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