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snood

The correct spelling is snood.

How to pronounce snood

/snuːd/
noun

IPA: /snuːd/

Say it like: Snoo-d

The correct spelling is snood. A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.
  2. 2.A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
  3. 3.The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
  4. 4.A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.
  5. 5.A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.

verb

  1. 1.To keep the hair in place with a snood.

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