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PHIZ

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British)

Synonyms:

countenance; kisser; mug; phiz; physiognomy; smiler; visage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("phiz" is a kind of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phiz"):

pudding-face; pudding face (a large fat human face)

Holonyms ("phiz" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)

Synonyms:

Browne; Hablot Knight Browne; Phiz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

illustrator (an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.))

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