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Meaning of roached | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Having a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human.
    US, not-comparable
  2. Of hair: cut or styled in such a way that it stands straight up.
    broadly, not-comparable

Examples

“Andrew Jackson, with that long head of his and that unroached forelock, looked a good deal like a neglected horse in the face.”
“Riley Caldwell, the young printer, rushed past her out of the shop, his roached hair like an Algonquin's standing high above his narrow forehead,”

CEFR level

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

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