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  1. noun A covering worn on the face to conceal one's identity, as:
  2. noun A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
  3. noun A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.
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  • Under the mask was another face, a stone face with slanting eyes, a different face altogether. —  The Japanese Corpse - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-De Gier 05
  • His eyes beneath the mask were a very decided shade of blue. —  Mary Balogh - Daring Masquerade.html
  • Going outside without the mask was the high-altitude equivalent of walking out of an air-conditioned mall on a summer day. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2008
  • Mingling with the hiss of the oxygen valve in his mask was a hypnotic whisper and crackle like that of an aurora. —  Astounding Stories June, 1935
  • His dull-red skinsuit nearly matched the oxide sands, and he wore his hood pulled so tight that the goggles and breather mask were all that could be seen. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2008
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

cloak ·  expression ·  helmet ·  smile ·  cap ·  suit ·  glove ·  veil ·  image ·  appearance ·  sign ·  countenance

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mask:   masks ·  masking ·  masked
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  1. French masque, from Italian maschera, from Medieval Latin masca, specter, witch, mask.

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  1. A dial. and more orig. form of mash, v.
  2. Formerly also masque (which is still used archaically in senses 2 and 3), maske; = D. G. Danish maske = Swedish mask, from French masque, a mask, vizor, masker, entertainment, etc., from Spanish máscara = Portuguese mascara = Italian maschera, a masker, masquerader, a mask, from Arabic maskharat, a jester, buffoon, masker, from sakhara, ridicule.
  3. Formerly also masque, maske; from French masquer, mask; from the noun.
 

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