lipstick
noun
a crayonlike oil-based cosmetic used in coloring the lips, usually in a tubular container.
lipsticks
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pluralof lipstick.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
It worked out that lipsticks, glosses and balms were usually affordable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
Unlike modern lipsticks, it was probably applied with a brush, say the international team of scientists.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
Mr. Wells took matter into his own hands, blending lipsticks and eye shadows with palettes intended for white skin tones so they would work for his Black clients.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The dressing table’s still decorated with her antique atomizers, French perfume bottles, bowls shaped like shells filled with eye shadows, lipsticks, pencils.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
