forehead

[fawr-id, for-, fawr-hed, for-]

noun

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

2. the fore or front part of anything.

forehead

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of forehead¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of forehead¹

Old English forhēafod ; related to Old Frisian forhāfd , Middle Low German vorhōved

Example Sentences

That self-portrait depicted the artist with a tiny portrait of her muralist husband, Diego Rivera, atop her forehead.

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The numbers, he said, were often written on their chests and foreheads.

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Autumn puts both her hands near her forehead and brings them down to her chin.

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A shock of black hair spilled across his forehead like ink.

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There it was: the delicately arched eyebrow, the waves of brown hair cascading poetically over that intelligent forehead....No doubt he was busy thinking up plot twists even now....

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