'Maidenhead' definitions:
Definition of 'maidenhead'
(from WordNet)
noun
A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane]
Definition of 'Maidenhead'
From: GCIDE
- Maidenhead \Maid"en*head\, n. [See Maidenhood.]
- 1. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The maidenhead of their credit. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The hymen, or virginal membrane. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maidenhead'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstinence,
- allantoic membrane,
- amnion,
- amniotic sac,
- arachnoid membrane,
- bachelordom,
- bachelorhood,
- bachelorism,
- bachelorship,
- basement membrane,
- boyhood,
- celibacy,
- cherry,
- childhood,
- conjuctiva,
- continence,
- continency,
- eardrum,
- girlhood,
- hymen,
- intactness,
- maidenhood,
- membrana serosa,
- membrana tympana,
- membrane,
- meninges,
- meninx,
- misogamy,
- misogyny,
- monachism,
- monasticism,
- neurilemma,
- pellicle,
- pericardium,
- perineurium,
- Platonic love,
- pleura,
- pre-teens,
- serosa,
- single blessedness,
- single state,
- singleness,
- spinsterhood,
- subteens,
- tympanic membrane,
- tympanum,
- unwed state,
- velum,
- virgin state,
- virginity