verb
Norwood
naw-wuud
verb
1
To go bald in the classic male-pattern-baldness way, especially as described by hair-loss classification scales.
"He joked that he'd started to norwood by his late twenties."
name
1
A surname and the name of numerous towns and suburbs across England, the United States, Australia, and elsewhere.
"She grew up in Norwood, a leafy suburb of south London."
How to Use Norwood
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMostly a place name, though informally it can describe going bald.
Word Forms
Norwooded past tense, Norwoods plural, Norwoods singular
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Etymology
From Old English "north" plus "wood," describing a wood or forest situated to the north.