afghan hound

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   tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East

   SynonymsAfghan

   Broaderhound

Questions about afghan hound

What does afghan hound mean?

afghan hound means "tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East".

What is another word for afghan hound?

Close synonyms include Afghan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is afghan hound a common word?

afghan hound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.