"towhead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: towheads [plural]
Etymology: tow + -head. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tow|head}} tow + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} towhead (plural towheads)
  1. A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person. Categories (topical): Hair, People Translations (blond person): lintott [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-towhead-en-noun-cR7yPkO4 Disambiguation of Hair: 67 33 Disambiguation of People: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -head, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'blond person': 97 3
  2. An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt, often permanent enough to have vegetation.
    Sense id: en-towhead-en-noun-7xcSDDMO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: towheaded

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