forehead

American  

[fawr-id, for-, fawr-hed, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪd, ˈfɒr-, ˈfɔrˌhɛd, ˈfɒr- /

noun

1. the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.

2. the fore or front part of anything.

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forehead British  

/ ˈfɔːˌhɛd, ˈfɒrɪd /

noun

1. the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; brow

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Etymology

Origin of forehead

before 1000; Middle English forehe ( v ) ed, Old English forhēafod. See fore-, head

Example Sentences

Mr. Dalrymple cites the example of U Ottama, also called Mahatma Ottama— “a short Buddhist monk with large ears and a scar on his forehead”—who yearned for Burmese union with India.

From The Wall Street Journal

People were difficult—she felt herself grow spiky around them, liable to say the wrong thing and blush right up to her forehead—but the sky made perfect sense to her.

From Literature

We take our seats and I note the pained, worried pucker of my brother’s forehead.

From Literature

I pressed my forehead to the glass and counted palm trees to slow my heart.

From Los Angeles Times

Short little bangs up high on my forehead and big clipper marks around my ears.

From Literature