mascara

[ma-skar-uh, ma-skahr-uh]

noun

1. a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.

verb (used with object)

1. to apply mascara to.

mascara

/ mæˈskɑːrə /

noun

1. a cosmetic substance for darkening, colouring, and thickening the eyelashes, applied with a brush or rod

Word History and Origins

Origin of mascara¹

1885–90; < Spanish: mask; mask

Word History and Origins

Origin of mascara¹

C20: from Spanish: mask

Example Sentences

“Is my mascara running?” she asks Ray after emerging victorious.

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Rehberger takes out a tube of mascara and begins brushing it on his beard for color, smiling as he does so.

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Where once they were garish young rockers buried under mascara, now they are garish older rockers, desperately hanging onto their youth.

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Now, TV is so loaded with running mascara and bird’s nest hair that it’s difficult to tell shows apart.

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In front of a red velvet curtain with smudged mascara and a crystal teardrop on her cheek, Del Rio delivered a moving a cappella performance of “Llorando,” a Spanish-language take of Roy Orbison’s “Crying.”

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