burnside

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noun

A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

burnside1

nounburnside (plural burnsides)

plural burnsides

  1. especiallypluralA moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.

Burnside2

proper noun
  1. Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.
    1. A suburban area in north-west Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3350).
    2. A small settlement south-west of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire council area (OS grid ref NS5811).
    3. A settlement near Thurso, Highland council area (not found on maps).
    4. A hamlet near Methven, Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO0125).
    5. A small settlement between Milnathort and Gateside, Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO1608).
    6. A small settlement on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU2778).
    7. A suburban area of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6260).
    8. A settlement in eastern West Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT0971).
    9. A neighbourhood of Dartmouth, Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia.
    10. A community area in Chicago, Illinois.
    11. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
    12. A local government area (the City of Burnside) in South Australia, which includes the suburb.
    13. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Melton, Victoria.
    14. A townsite in the South West region, Western Australia.
  2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfacial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

burnside · noun

From Ambrose Burnside.

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Burnside · proper noun

From burn (“stream”) + side.

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APA

burnside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnside

MLA

“burnside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnside. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burnside,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnside.

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