beard

One entry found for beard.

Main Entry: ¹beard
Pronunciation: 'bird
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English berd, from Old English beard; akin to Old High German bart beard, Latin barba
1 : the hair that grows on a man's face often excluding the mustache
2 : a hairy or bristly appendage or tuft
3 : FRONT 7a
- beard·ed /'bir-d&d/ adjective
- beard·ed·ness noun
- beard·less /'bird-l&s/ adjective