Eyebrow

Quick meaning: Eyebrow is a noun meaning The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

Meaning

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

More Meanings

1. A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.
2. (intransitive) To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
3. (transitive) To signal with one's eyebrows.
4. (construction) A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.

Example Sentences

Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back.

Word Forms

• eyebrows
• eye brow
• eye-brow
• eyebrown
• eyebrowing
• eyebrowed

Synonyms for eyebrow

Depending on context, synonyms include brow, supercilium, vallum.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brow, supercilium, visor, overbrow, supercilia, browridge.

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