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mascara

[ ma-skar-uh; British 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

/ mæˈskɑːrə /

noun

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


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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

Storage containers hold a treasure trove of mascara, lipstick, blush, and other makeup.

Obviously as Secretary of State the most pressing concern she had was mascara.

Though the photos are far from sexual, Lottie wears thick mascara as she flashes the camera a come-hither stare.

What better way to sell a deodorant or mascara than by buttressing a show that screams girl power and body pride?

No one thinks to transform him into an Adonis, to require him to mascara his lashes or tint his cheekbones a delicate pink.

My victim was a stunned -- but cute -- girl with spider-webs drawn on her hands and smudged mascara running down her cheeks.

The road, 80 kilomtres long, which connects Mostaganem with Mascara, was covered to the whole of its extent.

On their return to Mascara, they fought at twelve paces: Froidefond fired first, and the Caïd fell, shot through the buttock.

Charlotte shut her eyes tight and pressed out the last tears, which ran into her rouge and streaked it with mascara.

There was mascara around her eyes and they dilated and blinked in a foolish and flirtatious way; her voice was syrup.

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