Usually means: Curly hairstyle of African origin.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. Afro-, Afro: Merriam-Webster
  2. Afro-, Afro: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Afro-, Afro: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Afro-, Afro: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Afro: Vocabulary.com
  6. Afro, afro: Wordnik
  7. Afro-, Afro, afro, afro-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Afro-, Afro, afro: Wiktionary
  9. Afro-, Afro: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Afro-, Afro: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Afro: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Afro-, afro: Dictionary.com
  13. Afro: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Afro-, Afro (album), Afro (currency), Afro (disambiguation), Afro (genre), Afro (hairdo), Afro: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. afro-: MyWord.info
  16. afro: FreeDictionary.org
  17. afro: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Afro-, Afro, Afro: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Afro: Rhymezone
  20. afro: MyWord.info
  21. afro: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  22. Afro: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Afro: Artist Search

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AFRO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Afro (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. afro, afro: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Afro)

▸ noun:  hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
▸ noun:  A person of African ancestry
▸ noun:  Alternative form of afro [hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.]

Similar:
coiffure, curls, Jheri curl, curlies, cornrow, Jerry curl, kiss curl, curlyhead, kiss-curl, curly, more...

Opposite:
caucasian, white

Types:
afro puff, afro twist, afro kinky, afro curly, afro straight, afro tapered, afro textured, afro braided, more...

Phrases:
afro american, afro wig, afro asian, afro americans, afro caribbean, more...

Adjectives:
short, biggest, huge, large, curly, bushy, blond, wild, red, full, thick

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Similar:
coiffure, curls, Jheri curl, curlies, cornrow, Jerry curl, kiss curl, curlyhead, kiss-curl, curly, more...

Opposite:
caucasian, white

Types:
afro puff, afro twist, afro kinky, afro curly, afro straight, afro tapered, afro textured, afro braided, more...

Phrases:
afro american, afro wig, afro asian, afro americans, afro caribbean, afro hairdo, afro asiatic, afro cuban, afro brazilian, Afro comb, afro cubans, afro caribbeans, afro centric, afro pessimism, afro pop, more...

Adjectives:
short, biggest, huge, large, curly, bushy, blond, wild, red, full, thick

Colors:
    black,     brown,     gold,     red,     green, more...



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