Mask

Quick meaning: Mask is a noun meaning A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

Meaning

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

More Meanings

1. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
2. (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
4. A person wearing a mask.
5. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
6. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
7. (obsolete) A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

Example Sentences

They must all be masked and vizarded

the mask that has the arm of the Indian queen

a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask

This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask.

Word Forms

• masks
• masque
• masking
• masked

Synonyms for mask

Depending on context, synonyms include vizard, mascaron, cloak, masquerade, masque, dissemble.

Antonyms for mask

Common opposites include unmask.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cloak, masquerade, masque, dissemble, vizard, hood.

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