smooth
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
smooth/smuːð/
▶adjective
- 1 having an even and regular surface; free from projections or indentations.
■ (of a liquid) having an even consistency; without lumps.
- 2 (of movement) without jerks.
- 3 without problems or difficulties.
- 4 (of a flavour) without harshness or bitterness.
- 5 suavely or unctuously charming.
– derivatives
smoothable adjective,
smoother noun,
smoothish adjective,
smoothly adverb,
smoothness noun.
smoothable adjective,
smoother noun,
smoothish adjective,
smoothly adverb,
smoothness noun.
– origin OE smōth, prob. of Gmc origin.
'smooth' also found in these Oxford entries:
acorn
- alabaster
- avocado
- awkward
- beech
- blackboard
- bland
- blandish
- bluegum
- boilerplate
- boxer
- bradykinin
- breathing
- Bristol board
- bronchospasm
- brooklime
- brush
- Brylcreem
- buckskin
- calender
- cantabile
- cep
- charmeuse
- Cheddar
- cheekpiece
- chihuahua
- choke
- clean
- cleave
- cold-rolled
- conchoidal
- continuous
- cowrie
- cream
- curd cheese
- deburr
- Dobermann
- dress
- enamel
- endocardium
- even
- facecloth
- file
- foxhound
- frog
- fromage frais
- gabbro
- gaberdine
- gel
- gelcoat
