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close-set

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

set close together

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1856 Catalogue of apodal fish: in the collection of the British Museum Fore half of the mandible armed by two rows of teeth ; the outer row consisting of 10 or 11 close-set low teeth, having compressed but not pointed tips.
  • 2005 Marc Ponomareff - the House of the Dead Admittedly it consisted of only two pages of foolscap; but the lines, to my favor, were executed with a fine hand, resulting in close-set characters . . .

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  • Norwegian Bokmål: tettsittende — set close together