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maidenhead
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maidenhead has 1 sense
- maidenhead(n = noun.body) hymen, virginal membrane - a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin; Array is a kind of mucosa, mucous membrane
is a part of vagina
has particulars: imperforate hymen
CIDE DICTIONARY
maidenhead, n. [See Maidenhood.].
- The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity. [1913 Webster]"The maidenhead of their credit." [1913 Webster]
- The hymen, or virginal membrane. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
maidenhead
Platonic love, abstinence, allantoic membrane, amnion, amniotic sac, arachnoid membrane, bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship, basement membrane, boyhood, celibacy, cherry, childhood, conjuctiva, continence, continency, eardrum, girlhood, hymen, intactness, maidenhood, membrana serosa, membrana tympana, membrane, meninges, meninx, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monasticism, neurilemma, pellicle, pericardium, perineurium, pleura, pre-teens, serosa, single blessedness, single state, singleness, spinsterhood, subteens, tympanic membrane, tympanum, unwed state, velum, virgin state, virginityROGET THESAURUS
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Celibacy
N celibacy, singleness, single blessedness, bachelorhood, bachelorship, misogamy, misogyny, virginity, pucelage, maidenhood, maidenhead, unmarried man, bachelor, Coelebs, agamist, old bachelor, misogamist, misogynist, monogamist, monk, unmarried woman, spinster, maid, maiden, virgin, feme sole, old maid, bachelor girl, girl-bachelor, nun, unmarried, unwed, unwedded, wifeless, spouseless, single.
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