bristly

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

like or full of bristles; rough: a bristly chin / moustache * tussocks of bristly dry grass

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

bristlyEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus bristlyEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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In this entry, bristly is tagged as adjective.

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