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sylph

noun

/sɪlf/

Meaning

A mythical spirit of the air; also refers to a slender, graceful woman.

She moved across the stage like a sylph, light and graceful.

spirit, fairy, nymph, sprite

giant, ogre

air sylph, graceful sylph, slender sylph, sylph-like figure

a horse of pure and recognized breed; a person of good breeding or education

scattered fragments of something destroyed; rubble or wreckage

The action of clearing a wide area of trees; removal of forests.

A person who climbs mountains as a sport or profession.

a person or thing that receives something; the part of a telephone containing the earpiece and mouth...

a high degree of skill or expertise in a particular field