Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
skin-deep is an adjective meaning "penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"". It carries one recorded sense.
penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for skin-deep come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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