eyelash
noun/ˈaɪlæʃ/
Frequency rank: #15,140 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
one of the short hairs growing on the edge of an eyelid.
Example sentence
She carefully curled each eyelash before applying mascara.
Synonyms & related words
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