Definitions for sideburn

sideburn side·burns

Spelling: [sahyd-burnz]
IPA: /ˈsaɪdˌbɜrnz/

Sideburn is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 374 anagrams from letters in sideburn (bdeinrsu).

Definitions for sideburn

plural noun

  1. short whiskers extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.
  2. the projections of the hairline forming a border on the face in front of each ear.

Origin of sideburn

1885-90, Americanism; alteration of burnsides

Examples for sideburn

The extravagantly-coiffed cyclist had, however, shaved off his sideburns for today's ceremony in Buckingham Palace.

He wore his brown mustache thick and let it grow back over his cheeks to join his sideburns.

And outwardly he remained a mild little figure with sideburns, kindly tolerant toward everyone.

There are details that make it seem so far away now: the sideburns, the wide flares, the cobblestones.

Just writing those last two sentences makes me feel better than a guy with sideburns describing his first Cronut on Yelp.

Word Value for sideburn
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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