finnoun [ C ]
uk/fɪn/us/fɪn/fin noun [ C ] (FISH/AIRCRAFT)
a thin vertical part sticking out of the body of especially a fish or an aircraft that helps balance and movement:
We could see the fin of a shark as it slowly circled our boat.
a fish's dorsal fin
The aircraft has a long tail fin.
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Air travel: parts of aeroplanes
- -nosed
- aisle
- autopilot
- barf bag
- canopy
- fixed-wing
- flight recorder
- fuselage
- joystick
- nose
- nose cone
- propeller
- retrorocket
- rudder
- safety belt
- shell
- skid
- spoiler
- starboard
- wing
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Miscellaneous animal body parts
fin noun [ C ] (HAIRSTYLE)
a hairstyle, usually worn by men, where the hair is combed from the sides towards the centre so that it sticks up like a fin on top of the head
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Hairstyles
- barnet
- blowout
- bob
- bun
- bunch
- close-cropped
- coiffed
- comb-over
- cornrow
- crew cut
- fauxhawk
- flattop
- fringe
- pageboy
- permanent wave
- pigtail
- ponytail
- quiff
- shake
- shoulder-length
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