CLOSE-SET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does close-set mean? 

• CLOSE-SET (adjective)
  The adjective CLOSE-SET has 1 sense:

1. set close together

  Familiarity information: CLOSE-SET used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSE-SET (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set close together

Synonyms:

close-set; close set

Context example:

her eyes are close set

Similar:

close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)

 Context examples 

This primate has a long dog-like muzzles, close-set eyes, heavy powerful jaws, thick fur, a short tail and often brightly colored ischial callosities.

(Baboon, NCI Thesaurus)

I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close-set bars of a cage: a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)