unibrow

American  

[yoo-nuh-brou] / ˈju nəˌbraʊ /

noun

unibrows plural

1. a pair of eyebrows that appear to be connected because of some extra hair growing in the space between them.

   He had very bushy eyebrows, almost a unibrow.

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unibrow British  

/ ˈjuːnɪˌbraʊ /

noun

1. informal a single eyebrow created when the two eyebrows meet in the middle above the bridge of the nose

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• unibrows
  plural

Etymology

Origin of unibrow

First recorded in 1985–90; uni- + brow

Example Sentences

Her face is framed by her long, loose hair and her signature unibrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He describes himself at the “Happy Days” audition as “a short Jew from New York City with a unibrow and hair down to my shoulders, confident about next to nothing in my life.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023

“Need to know why they thought the unibrow looked okay on Claire in The Bear,” writes @gracepaImer.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

Making the unibrow out of clay was simple enough, though the mouth proved trickier, since I had to push down to attach it to the spork, flattening the lips slightly.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2019

I can tell she’s frustrated with me, because her eyebrows are so close together, it’s almost like her unibrow is back.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée