whiskery beard

4.0

Long, stiff hair on the lower face that sticks out like an animal's

noun

: barba de bigotes

The old fisherman had a thick, whiskery beard that stuck out beneath his cap.

Examples

She playfully tugged at her grandfather's whiskery beard as he told her stories.
His whiskery beard gave him a rugged, outdoorsy appearance.
He has a long, whiskery beard.
Many sailors sport whiskery beards.
His whiskery beard gave him a rugged, outdoorsy appearance.
She playfully tugged at her grandfather's whiskery beard as he told her stories.
The old fisherman had a thick, whiskery beard that stuck out beneath his cap.

Synonyms

whiskers

vswhiskery beard

1 1.0

Hair that grows on a man's cheeks and chin

is a long bristly facial growth resembling animal facial hairs

beaver

vswhiskery beard

Archaic

9.9

A full beard that covers the cheeks and chin, often worn in the past

is about long bristly texture resembling animal facial hairs rather than simple fullness

Antonyms

clean-shaven

12 3.5

A person with no hair on the face, like on the chin and cheeks

How Bristly

bristliness

7.7

whiskery beard

4.0

beard

283 1.0

stubble

15 4.2

Surface Forms

whiskery beard singular

whiskery beards plural

Morphology

whiskery + beard

The meaning is directly compositional: 'whiskery' means 'resembling whiskers' and 'beard' is facial hair, so together they denote a beard that is bristly or whisker-like. This adjective+noun pattern and the '-y' adjectival meaning are regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended sense.

Etymology

Whiskery beard gives the image of a beard that looks like an animal's whiskers, stiff and bristly. So, it means a beard that is long, rough, and like 'animal whiskers'.