26984 words

posh

5 definitions • 5 examples
1
(of places and things) expensive and of high quality:

Examples:

He takes her to some really posh restaurants.
2
(of people and their voices) from a high social class:

Examples:

A woman with a very posh accent phoned for him earlier.
3
used for describing a woman from a high social class who chooses to have a caesarean section (= a medical operation) to have her baby:

Examples:

Researchers did not find much evidence of the so-called "too posh to push" phenomenon.
4
as though from a high social class:

Examples:

She talks dead posh.
5
expensive, comfortable, and of high quality:

Examples:

a posh hotel/restaurant

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