Get to know Blackhead better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like blemish or defect.
Blackhead meaning
- A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
- A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
- A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
Using Blackhead
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface. | A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head. | A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
- Useful related words include: comedo, blemish, defect, mar.
Context around Blackhead
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blackhead
- In this selection, "blackhead" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quarry stand out and add context to how "blackhead" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include blackhead rd has and dumped at blackhead quarry on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blackhead" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blackhead
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Blackhead Rd has been closed following the crash. (8 words)
The phone was dumped at Blackhead Quarry on the way home and later found by police in two pieces. (19 words)
After applying just a small amount of pressure to the 'blackhead', a grey-tinged, thick stream of pus emerges, with 'long strands of hair' attached. (25 words)
After applying just a small amount of pressure to the 'blackhead', a grey-tinged, thick stream of pus emerges, with 'long strands of hair' attached. (25 words)
The phone was dumped at Blackhead Quarry on the way home and later found by police in two pieces. (19 words)
Blackhead Rd has been closed following the crash. (8 words)
Example sentences (3)
Blackhead Rd has been closed following the crash.
After applying just a small amount of pressure to the 'blackhead', a grey-tinged, thick stream of pus emerges, with 'long strands of hair' attached.
The phone was dumped at Blackhead Quarry on the way home and later found by police in two pieces.