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Meaning of Goatee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɡəʊˈtiː

Definitions

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

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Examples

“One person sports a goatee, the hair refusing to grow on the sides of his physiognomy; the chin of another is as smooth as a baby's cheek,—he contents himself with a modest moustache and a faint attempt at an imperial; while a few of the upper classes rejoice in all the varieties.”
“The terrorist, as he called himself, was old and bald, with a narrow, snow-white wisp of a goatee hanging limply from his chin.”
“"Yes, sir, behind you. He is a man of middle size, rather inclined to shortness. He is old, over sixty, with white hair, curved nose and a white, small beard of the variety that is called goatee."”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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