sideburn

Plural: sideburns

Noun

• facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
• singular of sideburns
• The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.

Examples

• "His left sideburn was longer than the other one."

Synonyms

burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers