a cosmetic preparation for coloring or darkening the eyelashes or eyebrows
Origin of mascara
Spanish máscara, a mask from Italian maschera: see masktransitive verb
-·car′aed, -·car′a·ing to put mascara on
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mascara
noun
A cosmetic applied to thicken, lengthen, and usually darken the eyelashes.
transitive verb
mas·car·aed, mas·car·a·ing, mas·car·asTo apply mascara to.
Origin of mascara
Probably Spanish máscara mask Italian maschera ; see mask .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural mascaras)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present mascaras, present participle mascaraing, simple past and past participle mascaraed)
- To apply mascara to the eyelashes
Origin
From Italian maschera (“mask").
Proper noun
- A city and provincial capital in north-western Algeria.
Origin
From Arabic معسكر, from أم (“mother") + عسكر (“soldiers, army").
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