mazards

noun

variants or mazzards
plural of mazard, chiefly dialect
as in heads
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth Granny threatened to whop me on the mazard if I didn't start minding my manners

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mazards
  1. heads
  2. skulls
  3. beans
  4. domes
  5. polls
  6. nuts
  7. noodles
  8. blocks
Noun
  • Mannequin heads stare at you through the storefront window, each topped with a wildly unique hairpiece – one with long, curly, bubblegum pink locks; another with a bright orange bob.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Scavengers would dig up artifacts like gold coins and porcelain doll heads, and Bayouth admired their aged, archival qualities, a theme that takes shape in her ceramics.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of heads
Noun
  • With the advent of breed standards and clubs in the early 1900s, an official criteria for a proper Lab, such as otter tails, water resistant coats and wide skulls, became more concrete.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • The most popular Swedish candies are already stocked – Kex chocolate, Daim chocolate caramel, Bilar fruity marshmallow race cars and Bubs fruity and sour gummy skulls.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Definition of skulls
Noun
  • For mains, guests were given the option of beef tenderloin with beans, sesame, and house-made Sriracha or a separate protein with summer peas and a ginger scallion sauce.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 July 2026
  • Adding beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables and whole grains are great ways to get fiber from whole foods, Mokari said.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of beans
Noun
  • Commercial opportunities The telltale giant golf balls at Buckley Space Force Base, on the western edge of America’s high plains, are radar domes designed to protect the sensitive antennas inside.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026
  • The Development and Production Contract covers the Baba and Avanah domes of Kirkuk plus Bai Hassan, Jambur and Khabbaz.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of domes
Noun
  • Some polls have shown movement toward greater support for climate action among survivors of climate disasters.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Recent polls show that Machado is the only politician whom a majority of Venezuelans support.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of polls
Noun
  • With your liver, preliminary studies show that nuts may have a positive effect on reducing the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026
  • Adding beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables and whole grains are great ways to get fiber from whole foods, Mokari said.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of nuts
Noun
  • Outside the stadium gates, dozens of vendors hawked barbequed skewers, cold noodles and sweets at a dedicated night market for game days.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The reader noted that the restaurant owner found someone who spoke English to come in and translate to her that the chefs were using the water that cooked udon noodles to then cook the edamame.
    — Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of noodles
Noun
  • In the image, two young children hold blocks with star patterns over their eyes, anonymizing them.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The victim lived about four blocks away from where he was killed, cops said.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Definition of blocks
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