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    flax·en
    /ˈflaks(ə)n/

    adjective

    • 1. of flax.

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  2. 1. : made of flax. 2. : resembling flax especially in pale soft strawy color. flaxen hair. Synonyms. blonde. fair. golden. sandy. straw. tawny. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of flaxen in a Sentence. fields of flaxen wheat waving in the wind.

  3. Examples of flaxen. Giver her a flaxen cloth and a coarse shawl to wear. Colours of bay, chestnut, flaxen chestnut, black, gray and even varietys roans have been recorded to studbook. They are most often vividly-marked flaxen chestnuts, though there are bays, buckskins, palominos, and greys as well.

  4. Use the adjective flaxen to describe things that are a pale golden-yellow color, like your brother's flaxen hair or flaxen wheat fields glowing in the summer sun. There's a literary history of using flaxen for a young girl's blonde hair that dates back at least as far as the 1500s.

  5. (Definition of flaxen from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of flaxen. flaxen. The flaxen-haired buffoon could tolerate cracks about his hair, his meat, and his weight, but naturally, money was the only thing that was sacred. From A.V. Club.

  6. adjective. made of flax. pertaining to flax. resembling flax. of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax. flaxen. / ˈflæksən / adjective. of, relating to, or resembling flax. of a soft yellow colour. flaxen hair. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of flaxen 1. First recorded in 1510–20; flax + -en 2. Discover More. Example Sentences.

  7. Definition of flaxen adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. 1. of, relating to, or resembling flax. 2. of a soft yellow colour. flaxen hair. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. flaxen in American English. (ˈflæksən ) adjective. 1. of or made of flax. 2. like flax in color; pale-yellow; straw-colored. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

  9. Define flaxen. flaxen synonyms, flaxen pronunciation, flaxen translation, English dictionary definition of flaxen. adj. 1. Made of or resembling flax. 2. Having the pale grayish-yellow color of flax fiber: flaxen braids. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...

  10. Flaxen definition: Made of or resembling flax.

  11. flaxen meaning, definition, what is flaxen: flaxen hair is light yellow in colour: Learn more.