Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A cosmetic applied to thicken, lengthen, and usually darken the eyelashes.
- v. To apply mascara to.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eye lashes, usually applied with a small brush.
WordNet 3.0
- n. makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
Etymologies
- From Italian maschera ("mask"). (Wiktionary)
- Probably Spanish máscara, mask; akin to Italian maschera; see mask. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“July 17th, 2009 8: 13 pm ET the mascara is starting to come off this clown”
“I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying and mascara is running down my face, so now I look like a freak.”
“When the 10 pm news does a "piece" on which mascara is best, I don't find that news rather as advertising.”
“I’ve been discovering the Joe Fresh line; awesome stuff, mascara is great, prices are wonderful!”
“I cannot presume to compete with the witty, amazingly well-worded comments so far (the mascara is running down my face as I type!) …. just offering up the possibility that Scott (” they assured me they were not involved”) Mac … has been re-assigned … to guard duty on Air Force One so that Bushie will always know his mountain bike is safe!”
“Their mascara is the best around, along with all the vibrant colors that make you feel alive, like you're riding a carousel.”
“The mascara was a little smeary, but it would pass.”
“Now picture the scene: I'm in my office, looking like a house frau who has yet to discover this "thing" called mascara, while my husband is dressed like the second coming of Cary Grant.”
The Huffington Post: Donna Estes Antebi: Winning a Day With Bill Clinton
“Lashes" might bring to a reader's mind mascara, which is right up there with coffee in my addictions.”
The Huffington Post: Angela Himsel: Desperately Seeking a Title
“She highlighted their super black mascara, which is in fact does go on very very black.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mascara’.
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A-R-A Words
It's an odd-looking pattern in English. Please add words if it makes you happy. :) K-POW! Wow @gulyasrobi!
scarab, Arawak, Sahara, Arab, pharaoh, caravan, carat, parachute, arachnid, Saran Wrap, Sarah, tarantella and 492 more...
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Of Arabic Origin
Arabic loanwords in English are words acquired directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance lan...
admiral, adobe, albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alembic, alfalfa, algebra, algorism, algorithm, alidade and 181 more...
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Words sung by: Belle and Sebastian
beguiling, herbaceous, peninsula, suffragette, damascan, hastening, berserk, overtime, leccy, bestow, swathe, arab strap and 193 more...
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eyelashes
What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.
Walter Scott
“She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly...bree, eye-bree, winker, eyelash, lash, eye-winker, cilia, black-lashed, lashed, dark-lashed, long-lashed, Greek word for ey... and 22 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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Words I have to learn
exasperate, felony, weld, fraud, worksheet, ransom, rehearse, preliminary, offshore, parole, infamous, sieve and 436 more...
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yawen's list
changes
who are you, relief, cloudy, mascara, bangs, 10th floor, automat, st. marks, mess, 10,000th wordie
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Rose varieties
Rosarians have names for thousands of varieties of roses.
holy toledo, gourmet popcorn, apple jack, barbara bush, burning desire, hot tamale, tradescant, sweet surrender, sweet chariot, pinocchio, oyster pearl, olympiad and 309 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
syzygy, mirific, cumulus, homolog, monocot, bedewed, jezebel, referee, bikini, minikin, locomotor, terebenthene and 2359 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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cassablanka's Words
etymology, apocope, average, facility, suffocating, magnet, academia, egress, dabbler, sensitive, conversation, mascara and 10 more...
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they just SOUND beautiful to me
their meaning sometimes may not be that nice though
picturesque, dandelion, verbiage, libertarianism, jeopardize, fleur-de-lis, boudoir, imbroglio, liquorice, vicissitude, sartorial, lacustrine and 23 more...
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Beautiful Words
Words that I love that sound beautiful words that spark in the soul.
phoenix, silver, dreams, feather, prelude, echo, serendipity, paradox, illuminate, eclipse, dusk, autumn and 39 more...
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On loan from the Arabic language
Words appropriated from the Arabic language, from Middle Eastern countries, or otherwise associated with that region.
gazelle, assassin, algebra, coffee, cotton, sugar, mascara, aubergine, checkmate, orange, sofa, mummy
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this girl
appliqués, stilettos, mascara, lingerie, visage, forlorn, faux-pas, kerfuffled, dainty, hallucinations, maudlin, clandestine
Tweets
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