blond
(of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
(of a person) having light-colored hair and skin.
(of furniture wood) light in tone.
a blond person.
silk lace, originally unbleached but now often dyed any of various colors, especially white or black.
Origin of blond
1usage note For blond
Other words from blond
- blondness, noun
- blondish, adjective
Words that may be confused with blond
Words Nearby blond
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How to use blond in a sentence
Barker’s rendering of Candyman was a pale, oddly dressed blond man.
How an unsolved murder and a public housing crisis led to Candyman | Aja Romano | August 27, 2021 | VoxI say this as a woman who’s gone from a glam rock-size cloud of dark curls to short blond hair, to long red hair, and who knows what next.
Britney Spears, Sinéad O'Connor and the Radical Act of a Haircut | Susanna Schrobsdorff | July 5, 2021 | TimeA small blond girl on the grade-school playground ran up and told me to look at my nails.
The one my maternal grandmother made was thick and featured chickpea-flour fritters, while on my dad’s side, it would be thinner, blond and slightly sweet, studded with mustard seeds.
Swift signed to Big Machine Records in 2005, a fresh-faced Nashville singer with a guitar and long blond hair.
She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter years at the head of a parochial school classroom, he could no longer distinguish one blond Irish Catholic kid from another.
Coren, a striking blond with an authoritative manner and a deep voice, stayed with the story all night and well into the next day.
There were little blond girls in knit hats next to elderly African American women hobbling on canes.
Sharpton Recalls Civil Rights Struggle in DC March Against Police Violence | Ben Jacobs | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCasa Bruja's Fula Farmacia blond Ale sells for $1.95 at Bodega Mi Amiga.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was enveloped in a sky-blue satin gown, or rather, sort of blouse, ornamented all round with two rows of rich black blond.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHe had close-cropped blond hair and pretty blue eyes and he was a very tough boy.
The Nordic race is, like the Iberian, long-headed, but in contrast it is blond and very tall.
The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver BevanAnd greenish among the stubble, upon a spear of blond barley, with a double row of seeds, I saw a prègo-diéu.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerHe was suddenly aware of his thankfulness for the companionship of this tall, blond youngster.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for blond
/ (blɒnd) /
(of men's hair) of a light colour; fair
(of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes
(of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour
a person, esp a man, having light-coloured hair and skin
Origin of blond
1usage For blond
Derived forms of blond
- blondness, noun
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