mascara

noun/mæˈskærə/

Frequency rank: #9,278 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a cosmetic applied to the eyelashes to darken and thicken them.

Illustration for the English word “mascara”

Example sentence

She accidentally smeared her mascara when she rubbed her eyes after crying.

Synonyms & related words

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