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mascara

[ma-skar-uh, ma-skahr-uh]

noun

  1. a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.



verb (used with object)

  1. to apply mascara to.

mascara

/ æˈɑːə /

noun

  1. a cosmetic substance for darkening, colouring, and thickening the eyelashes, applied with a brush or rod

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mascara1

1885–90; < Spanish: mask; mask
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mascara1

C20: from Spanish: mask
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Example Sentences

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“My father would walk into the room and he would light it up,” she says, wiping her mascara in a confessional.

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I regularly did more research on what type of mascara to buy than I did any online probing about this man for whom I was about to detonate my life.

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Dooley explains she would steal eyeliner and mascara at around 13 or 14 years old.

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The piece - called "Valentine's day mascara" - can now be viewed at Hornby Hobbies' The WonderWorks for free after a stint at galleries in London.

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The tablet is propped up in a cozy-looking bedroom next to a lava lamp, a mascara tube and a framed portrait of the girl and her dog.

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