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DictionarybeardFacial hair
noun

beard

BEERD/bɪrd/

Hair growing on the chin and lower face.

The man's full beard covers his chin, jaw, and lower cheeks.

A close three-quarter portrait of an older man with a full beard, clearly showing hair growing across his chin, jaw and lower cheeks.
Etymology
beardOld Englishbeard

Old English beard already named the facial hair meant today, so the core meaning has remained stable. Its deeper ancestry is disputed.

In context

New York Magazine2:03
using for my mustache then uh I'll utilize my own beard oil that I make myself and apply three to four drops to my beard
Meet the Very Hairy Men of New Jersey’s Beard Society

More examples

  • A few gray hairs appear in his beard.
  • The costume includes a long false beard.
  • Several portraits show men with neatly shaped beards.

Forms

beard · beards

Similar words

mustache
Grows chiefly above the upper lip rather than on the chin.
stubble
Short hair growth rather than a developed beard.