OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2623

down

/daʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
flojel • plumón
Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
lanugo • vello
The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
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